Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A daughter of one's stepparent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One's stepfather's or stepmother's daughter by a former marriage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
daughter of one'sstepfather orstepmother who is not thedaughter of one'smother and is not thedaughter of one'sfather . - noun The
stepdaughter of one'sfather ormother which is not one'shalf-sister .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sister who has only one parent in common with you
Etymologies
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Examples
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-- Linux, Windows 'ugly stepsister, is now gaining some ground on consumer desktops.
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His stepsister was the second reason Louddon chased after Duncan.
Honor’s Splendour Julie Garwood 1987
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Schoenwetter's connection to his stepsister was a phone number.
unknown title 2009
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Now let's take responsibility for bringing this poor 'stepsister' into the family of nations.
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Now let's take responsibility for bringing this poor 'stepsister' into the family of nations.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Amy Wilentz, The Nation 2010
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ROSA is the wicked cool "stepsister" who loves pop music, basketball and being popular.
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"If your stepsister is my second cousin, you must be a sort of step-second-cousin to me.
A True Friend A Novel Adeline Sergeant
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Froelich delivered a marble medallion of Jack on August 4, 1914 on the same day that Charmian recorded in her diary that she had asked Eliza, Jack's stepsister who also was the ranch manager, to put electricity in the cottage.
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He gave this portrait to his stepsister Eliza on her birthday.
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September 29, 1939 Eliza, Jack's faithful stepsister and ranch superintendent dies in Jack's room at the cottage; victim of a second heart attack at the age of 71; her ashes are spread on the little knoll near Jack's grave.
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