Associations to the word «Stepsister»

Wiktionary

STEPSISTER, noun. The daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother who is not the daughter of one's mother and is not the daughter of one's father.
STEPSISTER, noun. The stepdaughter of one's father or mother which is not one's half-sister.

Dictionary definition

STEPSISTER, noun. A sister who has only one parent in common with you.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats