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Step (2)
Webster's Dictionary
A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X, married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter, Stepson, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Step (2)'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/step-2.html. 1828.