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Definition of Stepchild
1. Noun. A child of your spouse by a former marriage.
Definition of Stepchild
1. n. A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
Definition of Stepchild
1. Noun. A stepson or stepdaughter ¹
2. Noun. The family ''role'' (responsibilities and behavioural standards) of a stepchild. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stepchild
1. [n -CHILDREN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stepchild
Literary usage of Stepchild
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Transfer Tax Law of the State of New York: Being Sections 220 to 245 by George Washington McElroy (1909)
"This section was further amended by chapter 310, Laws 1908, by striking out the
word " stepchild " where it appeared by the amendment of 1907 above referred ..."
2. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1900)
"... a stepparent or stepchild or parent-in-law, etc., was never allowed in Roman
custom or law; affinity, in the direct line, always was a bar to marriage. ..."
3. The Inheritance Tax Law: Containing All American Decisions and Existing Statutes by Arthur Walker Blakemore, Hugh Bancroft (1912)
"... husband, wife, lineal descendant, stepchild, child adopted as aforesaid, child
of a stepchild or of such adopted child, the wife or widow of a son, ..."
4. The Elements of Child-protection by Sigmund Engel (1912)
"When all is said and done, it is impossible to expect a stepmother to have the
same love for the stepchild as for the children of her own body, ..."
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