stepbrother
Americannoun
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stepbrothers
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of stepbrother
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at step-, brother
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The union gave me a stepbrother and a stepsister.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil sat down with Mopreme Shakur, Tupac Shakur's stepbrother, ahead of opening statements on Monday in trial of the man accused of killing the rapper.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I was so excited to go. We told his stepbrother, who lives there, so he had cleared his schedule. I had to tell him that we can’t go anymore. We still haven’t gone.”
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
"I'm really happy that people have a place to do this," she told AFP between her table of refreshments and the green camping tent she shares with her mother, stepbrother, and his mother.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
Roy walked along the outside of the fence, scouting for Beatrice’s stepbrother or any clever surprises he might have left for the pancake-house people.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
When Dayyan Armstrong and Ross Beane were 16, the stepbrothers pooled together $1,000 for a 24-foot sailboat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
He told different people he had stepbrothers whose parents died in a fishing accident or an avalanche, a former employee recalled.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The stepbrothers knocked on nearby doors, seeking someone who would help.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly play another awkward pair, who engage in an escalating rivalry when they become stepbrothers in their 30s and must live in the same house.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
She is less ready to talk about the second wife, the new, engrossing family, stepbrothers and sisters the age of her own little one.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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