stepmother
noun
step·moth·er
ˈstep-ˌmə-t͟hər 
: the wife of one's parent when distinct from one's natural or legal mother
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She was raised by her father and stepmother, following her mother’s disappearance.
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Anna Turning, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
My father passed away a year ago and my family have all been very inclusive with my stepmother.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024
Any millennial pop-culture enthusiast worth their salt sobbed over the ending of Stepmom (1998), when Susan Sarandon’s dying mother insists on taking a family photo that includes the young stepmother (Julia Roberts) she’s given grief to throughout the movie.
—Eliza Berman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice finds Lydia Deetz (Ryder) and her stepmother, Delia (Catherine O’Hara) returning to Winter River for the funeral of the Deetz family patriarch, Charles.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Anna Turning, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
My father passed away a year ago and my family have all been very inclusive with my stepmother.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024
Any millennial pop-culture enthusiast worth their salt sobbed over the ending of Stepmom (1998), when Susan Sarandon’s dying mother insists on taking a family photo that includes the young stepmother (Julia Roberts) she’s given grief to throughout the movie.
—Eliza Berman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice finds Lydia Deetz (Ryder) and her stepmother, Delia (Catherine O’Hara) returning to Winter River for the funeral of the Deetz family patriarch, Charles.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Stepmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stepmother. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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stepmother
noun
step·moth·er
-ˌmət͟h-ər
: the wife of one's father when distinct from one's natural or legal mother
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