Stepmother
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noun.
A woman who is a stepparent.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A woman who is the wife of one's father, but is not one's mother.
noun.
A horny filament shooting up by the side of the nail.
noun.
The pansy.
Britten and Holland
, Eng. Plant Names.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The wife of one's
biological father
, other than one's
biological mother
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
Word Usage
""I'm okay with the term stepmother," said Cacho, who often blogs on her stepfamily experience."
cross-reference
English words prefixed with step-
ex-stepfather
ex-stepmother
ex-stepparent
stepbrother
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
stepparent
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
aunt
brother-in-law
oppressor
persecutor
sister-in-law
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
dam
foster mother
genetrix
good-mother
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