STEP-MOTHER definition

STEP-MOTHER





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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stepmother \Step"moth`er\, n. [AS. ste['o]pm[=o]der.]
     The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  stepmother
       n : the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "stepmother":
     dam, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mama, mammy, mater,
     materfamilias, maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mother,
     mummy, stepbrother, stepchild, stepdaughter, stepfather,
     stepsister, stepson, the old woman
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  STEP-MOTHER. In Latin noverca, is the wife of one's father, who is not the 
  mother of the person spoken of. 
  
  

















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