Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stepbrother or a stepsister.
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- noun The child of one's
stepfather orstepmother from another relationship; astepbrother orstepsister
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many therapists also shun the term, which seems to confer second-class status on a stepparent or stepsibling.
Blended families more common, but the 'step' in 'stepmom' still carries a stigma Carol Morello 2011
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About 12 percent had at least one half-sibling, and 2 percent had a stepsibling.
Blended families more common, but the 'step' in 'stepmom' still carries a stigma Carol Morello 2011
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Among other 2009 findings for kids under 18:•69% lived with two parents.•4% lived with both a mother and father not married to each other.•59% who don't live with a parent lived with a grandparent.•7% lived with an unmarried parent who was cohabiting.•16% lived with a stepparent, stepsibling or half sibling.
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One in three Americans is now a "step" of some sort -- stepparent, stepsibling, or stepchild.
Wednesday Martin: 2010: Year of the New American Family 2010
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One in three Americans is now a \ "step\" of some sort -- stepparent, stepsibling, or stepchild.
Wednesday Martin: 2010: Year of the New American Family 2010
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Who would you rather fool around with, a hot cousin or a hot stepsibling?
go ahead, ASK ME Nico Medina 2009
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Who would you rather fool around with, a hot cousin or a hot stepsibling?
go ahead, ASK ME Nico Medina 2009
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Our founding fathers could have had no idea that healthcare would become the industry it has become and would be disabled by its evil stepsibling -- the insurance industry.
Thomas DeLorenzo: Universal Healthcare and the 2008 Election 2008
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“He always told stories,” a stepsibling of his confided to me.
In Cold, Blue Blood Dunne, Dominick 1999
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An unrelated minor is defined as someone younger than 21 who is not a sibling or stepsibling of the drivers or a child who lives in the same household of the driver.
unknown title 2009
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