stepson
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of stepson
before 900; Middle English stepsone, Old English stēopsunu. See step-, son
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When John W. Rogers Jr., the stepson of Johnson’s early lawyer, created Ariel Investments, the first Black-owned mutual-fund company in the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
"He was very rude, he disrespected me and mistreated me on the phone," Michelle Bolsonaro, 44, told her 8.2 million Instagram followers about her stepson Flavio Bolsonaro, 45.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The new charge sheets include allegations that Hanna tricked one man into paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenditure on her behalf, telling him she would repay him and make him her stepson.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Perhaps the most powerful among them is Oseguera’s stepson, Juan Carlos Valencia González, known as 03.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Honestly, he probably still thinks of me as his cousin's weird twelve-year-old stepson.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
Since then, she‘s shot an indie film, “Sender,” with “Severance’s” Britt Lower, had a brief family vacation and helped the eldest of her two stepsons get settled in for his first year of college.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
Joe says he struggles sometimes with the words - blended family, stepdad and stepsons.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
A man was hiking in Big Bend with his two stepsons in the late afternoon on Friday, park officials said in a statement, when the younger stepson, who was 14, lost consciousness.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
The National Park Service said the stepfather and his two stepsons, all from Florida, were hiking the Marufo Vega Trail around 6 p.m.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
He had no sons, but Livia Drusilla, whom he took as his third wife in 36 B. C., brought him two stepsons, Tiberius and Drusus.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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