stepchild

Word parts

step- + child

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: step‧child

Noun

Singular stepchild

Plural stepchildren

1. (countable) A stepchild is the child of a person's husband or wife. A stepchild is a child from an earlier marriage.

   When I married my wife I got two stepchildren.

Related words

• stepson
• stepdaughter
• stepfather
• stepmother
• stepsister
• stepbrother

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