: a son of one's husband or wife by a former partner
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At Sullivan’s arraignment, prosecutors said the stepson, who is 5-feet-9, weighed 68 pounds when he was found and told authorities he had been locked inside an 8-by-9-foot room since the fourth grade, according to the station.—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025 Jacob Tremblay plays Winston's anxious stepson Wade.—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 Broccoli's daughter, Barbara, and stepson, Wilson, then continued the family business.—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025 The cold case had been solved through DNA evidence left on Karen’s clothes and the dogged work of Sunnyvale Police Detective Matthew Hutchison, who knew of the case growing up as the stepson of a Sunnyvale officer who often talked about the case.—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stepson
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of stepson was
before the 12th century
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