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- noun Plural form of
stepfather .
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Examples
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Supporting the rights of "social moms" seems equivalent to supporting the rights of "social dads," also known as stepfathers, which would equate "social moms" to stepmothers.
GlennSacks.com 2008
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One of Armstrong's many sleepover "stepfathers" owned a pistol.
City Journal 2009
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Though her mother married two more times, she never connected with her stepfathers.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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However, in this case Free Press has some extra motivation: In 2012 it expects to publish Mr. Skyhorse's memoir about growing up with five stepfathers.
Judging a Book by Its Second Cover Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011
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I labored furiously over the divorce imagery, as well as bad fathers, bad stepfathers, and bad men in general, throughout the collection.
This Redneck’s Got Honest Voice Murray Dunlap 2011
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I've always viewed early pain as something not fully realized until the age of thirty, when it comes crashing down in a great heap, and the faces of cruel stepfathers, the guilt of groping in the dark, and the sad milk-smell of cafeterias appear in dreams once again, reminding you that they will always be by your side; silent, invisible comrades.
Diversion Meg Wolitzer 2011
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He was also a lovely, kind, and generous man, a role model for all stepfathers.
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The report found that increasingly, different men – including grandfathers, uncles, stepfathers, foster fathers, older brothers, cousins and other men – play various fatherhood roles in children's lives.
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In some, it might be adaptive for stepfathers to kill their stepchildren.
Assessing Fault 2009
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Stable masters normally are your surrogate fathers and now they are your surrogate stepfathers.
world class athlete tarnished by marijuana scandal | clusterflock 2009
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