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stepmother Definition

step·mother (-mut̸h′ər)

noun

a female stepparent

stepmother Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: All three returned to find they now had a new stepmother.
  • become: The two eventually started dating and married in 1963; White became stepmother to Ludden's four children from a previous marriage.

Adjective modifier

  • wicked: The state is not a wicked stepmother stopping us going to the ball.
  • evil: The wicked witch; the evil stepmother of the fairy stories.
  • new: All three returned to find they now had a new stepmother.
  • young: Catherine Howard, the young stepmother of Queen Elizabeth.