stepchild
[step-chahyld]
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noun, plural step·child·ren.
a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
any person, organization, affiliate, project, etc., that is not properly treated, supported, or appreciated: This agency is the stepchild when appropriations are handed out.
Origin of stepchild
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Contemporary Examples of stepchild
Being a stepchild, she noted, set her as an outsider within a family, and gave her a yearning to conform.
Historical Examples of stepchild
You see I'm—I mean I was a stepchild 'long as father was here.
Mary-'GustaJoseph C. Lincoln
Malone exempted him, he being the sole support of his stepchild.
The Flaming JewelRobert W. Chambers
Tom Brangwen never loved his own son as he loved his stepchild Anna.
The RainbowD. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
She not only despised but hated her stepchild from the moment that she saw her.
Warriors of Old Japan and Other StoriesYei Theodora Ozaki
And she had half-a-dozen servants; the tenor's stepchild was wheeled to the Heath now in fine apparel by a competent nurse.
The Quaint CompanionsLeonard Merrick
stepchild
noun plural -children
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