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stepsister

[step-sis-ter]
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noun

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

Origin of stepsister

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

father, sibling, mother, cousin, folk, uncle, niece, aunt, agnate, cognate, connection, blood, folks, relation, grandparents, sister-in-law, stepbrother, mother-in-law, sib, stepparent

Examples from the Web for stepsister

Contemporary Examples of stepsister

  • A stepsister riding in the car with him during a trip home to Massachusetts also perished.

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    Is This Caylee's Daddy?

    Diane Dimond

    June 29, 2011

Historical Examples of stepsister

  • She was the only relation I had, except my stepsister, and she was off travelling.

    The Prisoner

    Alice Brown

  • She was surprised and almost alarmed at the effect upon her stepsister.

    A True Friend

    Adeline Sergeant

  • "I'm afraid I was looking at the horses," cut in her stepsister.

  • Yet I think she would have stayed if her stepsister had not urged.

  • But while she was doing so her stepsister gave her a push, and she fell backward into the water.

British Dictionary definitions for stepsister

stepsister

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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