Stepchild

3 definitions found

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

  Stepchild \Step"child`\, n. [AS. ste['o]pcild.]
     1. A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
        [Obs.]
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     2. A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former


        marriage.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stepchild
       n : a child of your spouse by a former marriage
       [also: {stepchildren} (pl)]

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

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "stepchild":
     child, daughter, descendant, foster child, grandchild,
     granddaughter, grandson, heiress, offspring, scion, son,
     son and heir, sonny, stepbrother, stepdaughter, stepfather,
     stepmother, stepsister, stepson