Stepson
['stepsʌn] or ['stɛpsʌn]
Definition
(n.) A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.
Edited by Guthrie
Examples
- Your stepson, if Mr. Rigg Featherstone was he, is here no longer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Well, it belongs to a stepson of mine, said Raffles, adjusting himself in a swaggering attitude. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her stepson Mr. Crawley, was likewise in the room. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I don't care now about seeing my stepson. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It's uncommonly fortunate I met you, though; for I don't care about seeing my stepson: he's not affectionate, and his poor mother's gone now. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Helen