stepchildren

Variant of stepchild

stepchild definition

step·child (-c̸hīld′)

noun pl. stepchildren -·chil′dren (-c̸hil′drən)

  1. a child that one's husband or wife had by a former marriage
  2. someone or something regarded as unpopular, neglected, etc.

Etymology: ME < OE steopcild: see step- & child

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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