Stepdaughter

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
  2. 2
    a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage wordnet

Synonyms

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childchip off the old blockdaughterdescendantheiressoffspring

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"Tom introduced his stepson to Mary's stepdaughter."

Etymology

From Middle English stepdoughter, stepdoghter, steopdohter, from Old English stēopdohtor (“stepdaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *steupaduhtēr (“stepdaughter”), equivalent to step- + daughter. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifdochter (“stepdaughter”), West Frisian styfdochter (“stepdaughter”), Dutch stiefdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Low German Steevdochter (“stepdaughter”), German Stieftochter (“stepdaughter”), Danish steddatter (“stepdaughter”), Swedish styvdotter (“stepdaughter”), Icelandic stjúpdóttir (“stepdaughter”).

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