Associations to the word «Stepchild»

Wiktionary

STEPCHILD, noun. A stepson or stepdaughter
STEPCHILD, noun. The family role (responsibilities and behavioural standards) of a stepchild.
STEPCHILD, noun. (obsolete) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.

Dictionary definition

STEPCHILD, noun. A child of your spouse by a former marriage.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne