stepdaughter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stepdaughter
before 900; Middle English stepdohter, Old English stēopdohtor. See step-, daughter
Example Sentences
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Stepdaughter: If the “so much more” resembles this, then you do owe your stepmother/dad’s wife/24-year family member that apology.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2021
Q. Stepdaughter: My late husband fathered a child in his teen years, and never took any kind of responsibility for either the child or the mother.
From Slate • May 29, 2012
Q. Stepdaughter: I am a stepmother to a 15-year-old boy and a just-turned 12-year-old girl.
From Slate
That left only Stepdaughter Lizzie, a spinster of 32, unaccounted for.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Do,” said Nan placidly, “and I’ll call you Stepdaughter Patricia.”
From Patty's Summer Days by Wells, Carolyn
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