stepfather
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈstɛpˌfɑːðər/
:
padrastro
- Dale's been a great stepfather to me and my mom.
- mother and stepfather
- father and stepfather
- stepmother and stepfather
I was her daughter trying to fill in the void that my stepfather was not fulfilling.
- I was her daughter trying to fill in the void that my stepfather was not fulfilling.
- So I lived with my mom and my stepfather.
- I remember the the the debate between my mother and stepfather.
- We're told that he watched secretly one day as Antoninus helped his elderly stepfather up a flight of stairs.
- Damn, you know, stepfather, adoptive father, you've ever.
- And that was my stepfather controlling the situation.
- So I had my stepfather banging my mother doggy style.
- So she's she's being used by her stepfather to try to solidify an alliance.
- And I told her she goes my stepfather.
- But I had another man who's still kind of like a stepfather to me today.
Examples
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My stepfather has always treated me like his own child.
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You know, my stepfather was an entrepreneur.
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- As a matter of fact, my stepfather is on the police force.
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Did your stepfather leave any notes?
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Mother did lose weight and married my stepfather, who turned out to be very nice.
Fiction book (1992) -
"I had never in all my life asked my mother or stepfather for anything.
Fiction book (1994) -
My stepfather and my mom run a convenience store.
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And at a certain point, my parents divorced and eventually we moved into my future stepfather's home.
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You may be my stepfather, but you ain't my commanding officer.
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Nearly 11% lived in stepfather households, and 4% lived in stepmother households.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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2.1
A man married to your mother who is not your birth father
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3.1
A person married to your parent who is not your birth parent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word stepfather uses the part step- to show a family link 'by marriage' rather than by blood, and the second part father means 'male parent'. You see the same step- in stepmother and stepson, so a stepfather is the man who becomes your father when your mother marries again.