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step-sibling

step-sibling is the alternative form of stepsibling.

Meaning of stepsibling

Noun

stepsibling (plural stepsiblings)

  1. The child of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
    • With multiple stepparents, stepsiblings, half siblings and pseudosiblings, it’s a whole new type of family[…].2007 April 19, Kate Murphy, “Stepfamilies Try to Stretch Their Space”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    step

Forms of step-sibling

pluralstep-siblings

Questions about step-sibling

What is step-sibling the alternative form of?
Step-sibling is the alternative form of stepsibling.

Words near step-sibling in the dictionary

  1. step-porn
  2. step-relationship
  3. step-relationships
  4. step-relative
  5. step-relatives
  6. step-sibling
  7. step-siblings
  8. step-sister
  9. step-sisters
  10. step-son
  11. step-sons

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