stepbrother
Americannoun
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stepbrothers
plural
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 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
In May, the rapper's stepbrother Maurice Shakur filed a wrongful death lawsuit in civil court.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 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
Ruiz told the paper her boyfriend’s brother and stepbrother were among the missing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
He quit searching for Beatrice Leep’s stepbrother, though it required all the willpower he could muster.
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
While coaches playfully refer to them as stepbrothers, Verse said the relationship goes deeper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
Josh Peck and Bell, the show's titular characters who portrayed two teenage stepbrothers, worked together across the span of four seasons from 2004 to 2007.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024
The stepbrothers knocked on nearby doors, seeking someone who would help.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 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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