Definition of Stepfather

1. Noun. The husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage.


Definition of Stepfather

1. n. The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.

Definition of Stepfather

1. Noun. The husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father, especially following the divorce or death of the father. ¹

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Definition of Stepfather

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stepfather

stepchild
stepchildhood
stepchildren
stepcousin
stepcousins
stepdad
stepdads
stepdame
stepdames
stepdance
stepdancer
stepdaughter
stepdaughters
stepfamilies
stepfamily
stepfather
stepfather-in-law
stepfatherhood
stepfatherly
stepfathers
stepfathers-in-law
stepgrandchild
stepgrandchildren
stepgranddaughter
stepgranddaughters
stepgrandfather
stepgrandfathers
stepgrandmother
stepgrandmothers
stepgrandson

Literary usage of Stepfather

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1913)
"357, it was held that a stepfather was liable for the board and tuition of his stepdaughter at an academy to which she had been taken by her mother, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1878)
"The second stepfather (padrasto de los dedos que en latin se llama ... My grandfather, my stepfather, my godfather is rendered by terms similar to those ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1899)
"That case was an action by a third person against a stepfather, ... The legal proposition announced in the case is that when a stepfather so- acts toward a ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Had the objection been specifically directed to the expression, "They killed my stepfather," quite a different question would have been raised. 3. ..."

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