stepsister

[ step-sis-ter ]

/ ˈstɛpˌsɪs tər /

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noun

one's stepfather's or stepmother's daughter by a previous marriage.

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Origin of stepsister

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at step-, sister

Words nearby stepsister

Steppes, stepping-off place, steppingstone, step rocket, stepsibling, stepsister, stepson, stepstool, steptoe, step turn, step-up

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How to use stepsister in a sentence

Despite the intrusion of the truth-telling stepsister, this mode is evident in The Privileges.
Literary Gold in Hard Times|Chloë Schama|November 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A stepsister riding in the car with him during a trip home to Massachusetts also perished.
Is This Caylee's Daddy?|Diane Dimond|June 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Her conviction trumps even her once close relationship with her lesbian stepsister.
Bachmann's Unrivaled Extremism|Michelle Goldberg|June 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The lady who accompanied her he guessed to be her stepsister; indeed, he had seen a photograph of her at Hill Street.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux

Her stepsister whispered to her mother when she saw her: ‘This girl is very much like our Conkiajgharuna!’
Georgian Folk Tales|Unknown
The next night her stepsister is sent to the ovin, and the stranger appears as before, and asks her to marry him.
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston
Your stepsister has long deserved death; tonight when she is asleep I will come and cut her head off.
Grimms' Fairy Tales|The Brothers Grimm
The stepdaughter embraced the woman and kissed her; she also embraced her stepsister.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians|Woislav M. Petrovitch

British Dictionary definitions for stepsister

stepsister

/ (ˈstɛpˌsɪstə) /

noun

a daughter of one's stepmother or stepfather by a union with someone other than one's father or mother respectively

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