stepfather

[ step-fah-ther ]

noun

1. the husband, by a later marriage, of one's parent.

stepfather

/ ˈstɛpˌfɑːðə /

noun

1. a man who has married one's mother after the death or divorce of one's father

Other Words From

• step·fa·ther·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stepfather¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English stepfader, Old English stēopfæder; step- + father ( def )

Example Sentences

Power restored to 2 million homes in Texas, but nearly half of state still told to boil waterPineda and the boy’s stepfather, Manuel Moreno, 38, immediately called 911, she said.

From Washington Post

A Fort Worth, Texas native, she moved at age 12 with her mother and stepfather to New York City.

From Washington Blade

My stepfather gathers the wood and builds a fire, my mom brings out blankets and we watch the flames dance in the darkness, skewering marshmallow after marshmallow for as many s’mores as our stomachs will allow.

From Washington Post

My stepfather called him Richard the Kid, because he was always on the make and never showed signs of settling down.

From Outside Online

There’s the Christmas tree her stepfather was too drunk to mount in a stand.

From ProPublica

His stepfather had left his mother and they could no longer afford the house in which they lived.

From The Daily Beast

Antron McCray was with his mother for most of his interrogation, his stepfather for all of it.

From The Daily Beast

A 7-year-old Las Vegas boy might be sitting in a third-grade classroom had he not been beaten to death by his stepfather.

From The Daily Beast

If Jax is capable of killing his stepfather Clay, is he capable if killing his own mother?

From The Daily Beast

After the film came out, my stepfather said to me, ‘I hope you’re not doing any writhing in your next one.

From The Daily Beast

"I am a very sincere friend of your stepfather, and I hope a sincere friend of yours also," he said with perfect coolness.

From Project Gutenberg

"Regarding the secret relations between your stepfather and Doctor Weirmarsh," he answered.

From Project Gutenberg

Afterwards she went to her stepfather and suggested that perhaps they might leave Conflans earlier than he had resolved.

From Project Gutenberg

Not exactly, except that I heard my stepfather denounce the doctor as an infernal cur and blackguard.

From Project Gutenberg

The signature, which was first to be glanced at by the girl, read: "From your affectionate stepfather, Willis Morgan."

From Project Gutenberg