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Meanings of stepmother or stepfather in English
Parent's spouse who is not one's biological parent.
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Examples for "step-mother"
Examples for "step-mother"
1
And yet your step-mother seems to get on with him all right.
2
Esther and her step-mother set out upon their homeward walk in silence.
3
Philip sat down on the nearest chair and regarded his step-mother fixedly.
4
I was going to be the blessedest step-mother that girl ever had.
5
Then the little lady began to ask questions about her new step-mother-in-law.
1
Granted, everyone isn't fit nor interested in becoming a step-parent.
2
The vast majority of domestic adoptions were "family or step-parent adoptions", he said.
3
Blended families (composed of step-siblings and step-parent's brother and cousins, for example) create dynamics which facilitate access to children by non blood-related kin.
4
When children do like their step-parents, they can sometimes feel a sense of divided loyalty.
5
It banishes step-parents from the world.
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You are not my father: merely my step-father-merelya relation by marriage.
2
His step-father was the man who cut that cross on Peppina's face.
3
She and her step-father had shared the watch at the sick-bed.
4
At home, my step-father worked for IBM so we always had a computer.
5
I'm scared of my step-father like nothing else in the world.
Translations for stepmother or stepfather