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stepmother

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step·moth·er  (stpmr)
n.
The wife of one's father and not one's natural mother.
stepmother [ˈstɛpˌmʌðə]
n
a woman who has married one's father after the death or divorce of one's mother
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stepmotherstepmother - the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
stepparent - the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
Translations
stepmother [ˈstepˌmʌðəʳ] N → madrastra f
stepmother [ˈstɛpmʌðər] n → belle-mère f
stepmother, stepmum (Brit inf)
n → Stiefmutter f
stepmother [ˈstɛpˌmʌðəʳ] n → matrigna
stepmother [ˈstɛpˌmʌðəʳ] n → matrigna
stepmother → زوجة الأب nevlastní matka stedmor Stiefmutter μητριά madrastra äitipuoli belle-mère maćeha matrigna 継母 의붓어머니 stiefmoeder stemor macocha madrasta мачеха styvmor แม่เลี้ยง üvey anne mẹ kế 继母


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I had been cutting up some caper or other --I think it was trying to crawl up the chimney, as i had seen a little sweep do a few days previous; and my stepmother who, somehow or other, was all the time whipping me, or sending me to bed supperless, --my mother dragged me by the legs out of the chimney and packed me off to bed, though it was only two o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st June, the longest day in the year in our hemisphere.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
And now, because he was afraid that their stepmother might not treat them well and might do them harm, he put them in a lonely castle that stood in the middle of a wood.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
I do not think my brother will ever marry again, and certainly not her; and this is why: first, I know that though he rarely speaks about the wife he has lost, the grief of that loss has gone too deep in his heart for him ever to decide to give her a successor and our little angel a stepmother.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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