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twelve-stepper

twelve-stepper noun: a person who is or has been a participant in a twelve-step program to recover from addiction.

Noun

twelve-stepper (plural twelve-steppers)

  1. A person who is or has been a participant in a twelve-step program to recover from addiction.
    • "So are you some kinda twelve-stepper now?" Coop indicated the drink in his hand. […] "I've been to a few meetings, but I'm not a twelve-stepper."2005, Poppy Z. Brite, Prime: a Novel, page 130
    • A twelve-stepper already, and can't be more than eighteen, nineteen—what is there to look forward to?2004, Gigi Levangie Grazer, Maneater, page 1

Forms of twelve-stepper

pluraltwelve-steppers
alternative formtwelve stepper
alternative form12-stepper

Questions about twelve-stepper

What does twelve-stepper mean?
Twelve-stepper means a person who is or has been a participant in a twelve-step program to recover from addiction.
What part of speech is twelve-stepper?
Twelve-stepper is a noun.
What is the plural of twelve-stepper?
The plural of twelve-stepper is twelve-steppers.

Words near twelve-stepper in the dictionary

  1. twelve-pounders
  2. twelve-speed
  3. twelve-speeds
  4. twelve-step program
  5. twelve-step programs
  6. twelve-stepper
  7. twelve-steppers
  8. twelve-tone
  9. twelve-tone technique
  10. twelvefold
  11. twelvefoldness

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