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stepdaughter

stepdaughter

34 2.6
A daughter of your husband or wife from a previous relationship
  • noun
  • /ˈstɛpˌdɔtər/
translation icon : hijastra
  • This is my stepdaughter, who just graduated from high school.
  • white stepdaughter

I've got a son, a stepdaughter, and I've got another daughter on the way.

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Examples

  • Macaione leaves behind her husband, two children, a stepdaughter, and four grandchildren.

    Blog text (8)
  • With a delighted laugh, Candace rose to kiss both of her stepdaughter's cheeks.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • My stepdaughter is a little... upset.

  • "Under no circumstances do I want my wife or stepdaughter to know anything about all this.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • - So I see you met my stepdaughter.

  • This is my stepdaughter, Linda.

  • Sunday, Mother's Day, I took my wife, stepdaughter, and the grandkids to lunch.

    Blog text (11)
  • I watched with alarm as my stepdaughter Eliza grew weaker each day.

    Blog text (6)
  • I've got a fourteen-year-old stepdaughter who I care more about than anything in the world.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Six months later, my 13-year-old stepdaughter went to live with her biological father—

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

stepchild
vsstepdaughter
10 2.6

A child of your partner from an earlier marriage or relationship

is specifically female rather than a gender neutral child term
stepkid
vsstepdaughter
  • Informal
4 4.0

A child of your partner from an earlier relationship

does not explicitly say the person is not biologically related

Surface Forms

stepdaughter singular
stepdaughters plural

Morphology

stepdaughter = step + daughter (transparent) = step + daughter

The meaning is a straightforward kinship compound combining the kinship marker 'step' with 'daughter' to mean the daughter of one's spouse.

Etymology

Stepdaughter combines step and daughter. The step part was long used to show a family tie 'by marriage' rather than 'by birth', just like in stepmother and stepson, so a stepdaughter is the 'daughter' of your partner from an earlier relationship.