stepsister

[ step-sis-ter ]

/ ˈstɛpˌsɪs tər /

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noun

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

Nearby words

steppes, stepping stone, stepping-off place, steppingstone, stepsibling, stepsister, stepson, stepstool, steptoe, stepwise, ster.

Origin of stepsister

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

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Examples from the Web for stepsister

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
She did not even thank her stepsister for the trouble she had taken.
Good Stories For Great Holidays|Frances Jenkins Olcott
His stepsister got into trouble and died, leaving little David.
Green Valley|Katharine Reynolds
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

Polly said and straightway hid her face in the fur of her stepsister's long coat.
The Camp Fire Girls in After Years|Margaret Vandercook
Little Rosebud—that's what everybody called her—had a stepsister Maud.
The Long Day|Dorothy Richardson

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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stepsister

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stepsister

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