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Stepchild   /stˈɛptʃˌaɪld/   Listen
noun
Stepchild  n.  
1.
A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother. (Obs.)
2.
A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.





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"Stepchild" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Stepchild must like this weather! There he was now, and his father and his mother and all his relatives. All just letting the water run off their backs and having a grand time. But Father Wyandotte and all his family were sticking pretty close to the coops. Funny how ducks liked water ...
— Half-Past Seven Stories • Robert Gordon Anderson
... Pemberton, at his son's success"—"Put her there, Billy!"—"Judge Billy Pemberton, sir; son of our State's war hero and the people's pride!"—these were the phrases, printed and oral, conjured up by Billy's prophetic fancy. Grandson of his State, and stepchild to Elmville—thus had fate fixed his ...
— Roads of Destiny • O. Henry


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