Usually means: Parent through marriage, not biology.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. stepparent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stepparent: Merriam-Webster
  3. stepparent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stepparent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. stepparent: Vocabulary.com
  6. stepparent: Wordnik
  7. stepparent: Wiktionary
  8. stepparent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. stepparent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. stepparent: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. stepparent: Dictionary.com
  12. Stepparent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Stepparent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. stepparent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. stepparent: Rhymezone
  16. Stepparent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. stepparent: FreeDictionary.org
  18. stepparent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. stepparent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See stepparenting as well.)

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▸ noun:  One's parent's spouse who is not one's biological parent.

Similar:
step-parent, stepfather-in-law, stepsibling, stepbrother, parent-in-law, step-sibling, ex-stepparent, stepmother-in-law, stepsister, stepson, more...

Adjectives:
new, potential, good, wicked, residential, future, prospective, cruel, legal, successful, effective

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Similar:
step-parent, stepfather-in-law, stepsibling, stepbrother, parent-in-law, step-sibling, ex-stepparent, stepmother-in-law, stepsister, stepson, more...

Adjectives:
new, potential, good, wicked, residential, future, prospective, cruel, legal, successful, effective



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