stepmother
[step-muhth-er]
- the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
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Origin of stepmother
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Examples from the Web for stepmother
Contemporary Examples
This was said to have created tension between his two grown daughters and their stepmother, who were known not to get along.
Her father and stepmother both beat her, and she was forced to become a maid in her own house.
On December 18, Kerri and her brother, Mike, told Piers Morgan on CNN about their grievances with their stepmother.
My stepmother knew Rabbi Kahane through her political activism in the 80's and remained close with some of his confidantes.
My relationship with Kahanism began in 2004, at the age of 10, when I moved to Israel to live with my father and stepmother.
Historical Examples
She was His stepmother, for all they set so much by one Another.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
First I had a stepmother, and then I tried living with a great-aunt, and then I went to work.
The Gorgeous GirlNalbro Bartley
After that, Miss Agnes was never friends with her stepmother.
An Orkney MaidAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Then she drove the heifer home, and gave the cloth to her stepmother.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk TalesAnonymous
Then she drove the heifer home 148 and gave the cloth to her stepmother.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk TalesAnonymous
stepmother
- a woman who has married one's father after the death or divorce of one's mother
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Word Origin and History for stepmother
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