Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word STEPCHILD

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Definitions of STEPCHILD

1. The child of one's spouse but not one's own.
2. (obsolete) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.

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Examples of Using STEPCHILD in a Sentence

• "Stepchild", a single by Billie Jo Spears from her 1969 album Miss Sincerity, see Billie Jo Spears discography.
• Pirahã have a simple kinship system that includes baíxi (parent, grandparent, or elder), xahaigí (sibling, male or female), hoagí or hoísai (son), kai (daughter), and piihí (stepchild, favorite child, child with at least one deceased parent, and more).
• The series took elements from historical records and mythology, and retold the story in a more down-to-earth manner than found in the myths, recounting how Jumong, the spoiled stepchild of the Buyeo royal family, embarks on a journey of self-discovery, becoming a leading figure of Buyeo, but retreats from Buyeo after his step-brothers' betrayal.
• In 2022, a final court judgement allowed same-sex adoption (both stepchild and joint adoptions) under the same conditions as for mixed-sex couples.
• In May 2006, Hendy began touring with his new live band The Boca45 Experience, which features former member of The Federation, Stepchild and Kelvin Swaby.
• Clash ranked Mind Bokeh the 24th best album of 2011, and Slant praised the album for being "fluid and formless, committing to pop structure and melodies one moment only to eschew them the next, often all within the same track", while Tiny Mix Tapes called the album "an ugly stepchild of a record, neither diverting enough to work as pop nor novel enough to satisfy as pure electronic music," and XLR8R felt the LP had "a less than desirable success rate".
• Denmark has allowed same-sex couples to jointly adopt since 2010, while previously allowing stepchild adoptions and limited co-guardianship rights for non-biological parents.
• Now an inconvenient stepchild, the girl was sold or given to Maya slave-traders from Xicalango, an important commercial town furthers south and east along and hard the coast.
• Luis’ strong determination to secure a better life for his family in a mechanized world can be seen almost as an overcompensation for the gratitude he feels as an undeserving stepchild who enjoys the rights and privileges of a blood-relative.
• However, under the Family Code of Russia, persons who are related lineally, siblings, half-siblings, and a stepparent and a stepchild may not marry.
• GamersGate's Theo Bergquist questioned the wisdom of the purchase, describing Impulse as Steam's "lesser talented stepchild" and summarizing GameStop's press release as "we will do whatever we can to not be the next Blockbuster".
• ’s No Ripcord Magazine, as “the bastard stepchild of Jackson Browne & David Bowie,” Neil Nathan's wide range of all star collaborators include members of The Raconteurs, Elle King, St.
• In "Like a Redheaded Stepchild," she invites Rigsby to the wedding, but he refuses the invitation, stating he still loves her and cannot watch her marry another man.
• A longtime railfan, particularly of streetcars and trolleybuses, Sebree had already done some writing and editing for Interurbans, including co-authoring the books, Transit's Stepchild: The Trolley Coach (LCCN 73-84356) and The Trolley Coach in North America (LCCN 74-20367), in 1973 and 1974, respectively.
• Immediate family is defined as spouse, parent, child, stepchild, sibling, stepsibling, grandparent or grandchild.
• Immediate family members include a spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, grandchild, stepparent, stepchild, step-sibling or adoptive relationship.
• One of his most well-known works is the article called Retention, the Stepchild of Orthodontia which was published in 1943 in Angle Orthodontist.
• Stepchildren may or may not be counted as the kin of an aging stepparent, so some people may be considered kinless even though they have a stepchild, and others might not be.

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