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stepcousin

stepcousin noun: a nephew or niece of someone's stepparent; a child of someone's stepaunt or stepuncle (in the sense of a sibling of someone's stepparent).

Noun

stepcousin (plural stepcousins)

  1. A nephew or niece of someone's stepparent; a child of someone's stepaunt or stepuncle (in the sense of a sibling of someone's stepparent).
  2. A stepchild of someone's aunt or uncle; a stepnephew or stepniece (in the sense of a stepchild of someone's sibling) of someone's parent.
  3. A child of someone's stepaunt or stepuncle (in the sense of a stepsibling of someone's parent); a stepnephew or stepniece (in the sense of a child of someone's stepsibling) of someone's parent.

Forms of stepcousin

pluralstepcousins
alternative formstep-cousin

Origin of stepcousin

From step- + cousin.

Questions about stepcousin

What does stepcousin mean?
Stepcousin means a nephew or niece of someone's stepparent; a child of someone's stepaunt or stepuncle (in the sense of a sibling of someone's stepparent).
What part of speech is stepcousin?
Stepcousin is a noun.
What is the plural of stepcousin?
The plural of stepcousin is stepcousins.

Words near stepcousin in the dictionary

  1. stepchart
  2. stepcharts
  3. stepchild
  4. stepchildhood
  5. stepchildren
  6. stepcousin
  7. stepcousins
  8. stepdad
  9. stepdaddies
  10. stepdaddy
  11. stepdads

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