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The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
Jeff Buckley

Meaning of "stepfather" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STEPFATHER

stepfather  [ˈstɛpˌfɑːðə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STEPFATHER

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stepfather is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STEPFATHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stepfather

Stepfamily

A stepfamily or blended family is a family where one parent has children that are not genetically related to the other parent. Either one or both parents may have children from a previous relationship. Children from a stepfamily may live with one biological parent and visit their other biological parent, or they may live with each biological parent for a period of time. A stepfather is the husband of one's mother and not one's natural father. A stepmother is one's father’s wife and not one's natural mother. Similarly, a step-brother is the son of a step-parent who one is not biologically related to. A step-sister is the daughter of a step-parent who one is not biologically related to. A parent's spouse of the same sex could also count as a step-parent. Alternatively in Australia Under the Family Law Act 1975 a ‘stepparent’ in relation to a child, is interpreted as a person who is not a parent of the child; and is, or has been, married to or a de facto partner of, a parent of the child; and treats, or at any time while married to, or a de facto partner of, the parent treated, the child as a member of the family formed with the parent.

Definition of stepfather in the English dictionary

The definition of stepfather in the dictionary is a man who has married one's mother after the death or divorce of one's father.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STEPFATHER


Bairnsfather
ˈbɛənzˌfɑːðə
farther
ˈfɑːðə
father
ˈfɑːðə
forefather
ˈfɔːˌfɑːðə
godfather
ˈɡɒdˌfɑːðə
grandfather
ˈɡrænˌfɑːðə
great-grandfather
ˌɡreɪtˈɡrændfɑːðə
great-great-grandfather
ˌɡreɪtˌɡreɪtˈɡrændˌfɑːðə
housefather
ˈhaʊsˌfɑːðə
how´s-your-father
ˈhaʊzjəˈfɑːðə
lather
ˈlɑːðə
Mithgarthr
ˈmɪðˌɡɑːðə
rather
ˈrɑːðə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STEPFATHER

step-up
step-up transformer
stepbrother
stepchild
stepchildren
stepdame
stepdancer
stepdancing
stepdaughter
stepfamily
Stepford
Stepford wife
stephane
stephanite
stephanotis
Stephen
Stephenson
stepladder
steplike
stepmother

WORDS THAT END LIKE STEPFATHER

all-weather
birds of a feather
breather
Fairweather
feather
foster father
gather
heather
Heavenly Father
Holy Father
leather
other
Our Father
patent leather
peacock feather
September weather
simulated leather
sunbather
tail feather
weather
white leather

Synonyms and antonyms of stepfather in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stepfather» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STEPFATHER

Find out the translation of stepfather to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stepfather from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stepfather» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

继父
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

padrastro
570 millions of speakers

English

stepfather
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सौतेला बाप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زَوْجُ الأُمّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отчим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

padrasto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিপিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

beau-père
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ayah tiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stiefvater
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

継父
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의붓아버지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stepfather
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bố dượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாற்றாந்தந்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सावत्र पिता बाबा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üvey baba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

patrigno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ojczym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вітчим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tată vitreg
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πατριός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stiefpa
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

styvfar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stefar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stepfather

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STEPFATHER»

The term «stepfather» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.480 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STEPFATHER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stepfather» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stepfather» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stepfather

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10 QUOTES WITH «STEPFATHER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stepfather.
1
Isabel Allende
My father left when I was three, and I have no memory of him. The most significant male figures in my life were my grandfather, in whose house I lived during the first 10 years of my childhood, and later my stepfather.
2
Laura Benanti
My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always supported in creative ventures.
3
George Benson
My stepfather had an electric guitar. He went to his pawn store one day to get a guitar and an amp, and I couldn't understand what I was hearing. All afternoon, I just sat against the amp and let it reverberate through me. Something must have stuck.
4
George Benson
My stepfather met my mother when I was seven years old, and he was a guitar player. So he caught me messing with his guitar, his electric guitar, and he tried to show me some chords, but my hands were too small.
5
Nate Berkus
Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
6
Jane Birkin
I have never written a book about my life, despite being offered purses of gold. I made 'Boxes' because I wanted to make a sincere depiction of a daughter who has lost her father, or the jealousy one can feel towards a daughter who has become more beautiful than you and whose stepfather starts to take her shopping.
7
Carla Bruni
My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
8
Jeff Buckley
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
9
Neil Cross
I had a complicated life until I was 25. I was born in Bristol and was brought up by my mum and my stepfather in Edinburgh. He introduced me to books.
10
Jamie Lee Curtis
My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEPFATHER»

Discover the use of stepfather in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stepfather and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Yankee Stepfather: General O. O. Howard and the Freedmen
The story of a Civil War promise made to slaves and broken."
William S. McFeely, 1994
2
My Stepfather Shrank!
Nine-year-old Mallory discovers that her new stepfather has been shrunk accidentally and tries to return him to normal size before her mother gets home.
Barbara Dillon, 1994
3
The Stepfather Rooster
This story is based on a true series of events that occurred in the late 1980s on a little apple farm in Corralitos, California.
Rebecca Valdivia, 2008
4
Keys to Successful Stepfathering
Provides advice to new stepfathers, including suggestions for building lasting relationships with their stepchildren, managing conflict, and establishing authority
Carl E. Pickhardt, 1997
5
You Can't Hide: How I brought my rapist stepfather to justice
That man was her stepfather, David Moore, a predatory paedophile who used every trick in the book to wheedle his way into the home Tina shared with her mother and brother.
Tina Renton, 2013
6
Step-by Step-Parenting
The stepfather has to decide if he wants a close relationship with young children or merely a convenient one. The ball is in his court and if he does not make the choice early in the marriage, the relationship almost inevitably will end up as one  ...
James Eckler, 1993
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Stepdads: Stories of Love, Hope, and Repair
In this study, it refers to the stepfather's contributions to either family-based or community-based relations that can affect a child's cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being. In terms of family relations, it captures a stepfather's relations with ...
William Marsiglio, 2005
8
Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent ...
This undermines the particular evolutionary rationale that leads Daly and Wilson to suspect that steppaternal abuse is responsible for the elevated risk to children living with a stepfather. Second, we saw that maternal investment in genetic ...
David J. Buller
9
American Stepfamilies
Of the male respondents, 3,252 were from nuclear families, 79 were from stepmother families, and 145 were from stepfather families; 3,620 of the female respondents were from nuclear families, 65 were from stepmother families, and 173 were ...
William R. Beer
10
Stepparenting: Creating and Recreating Families in America Today
questioned about his family, he expressed deep feelings of anger and disappointment at having been abandoned by his stepfather. He blamed his mother for the stepfather's departure and explained to the examiner, “My stepfather is my real ...
Stanley H. Cath, Moisy Shopper, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEPFATHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stepfather is used in the context of the following news items.
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Judge sentences Oklahoma man to 30 years in killing stepfather
An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after admitting he strangled his stepfather after a fight by pulling his underwear over his head. «Fox News, Jul 15»
2
Tunsil, stepfather have filed charges after fight
Tunsil, who is projected to be a top five pick in next year's NFL draft, was arrested on charges of domestic violence after he allegedly assaulted his stepfather, ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jun 15»
3
Stepfather charged for Melissa Collins murder after missing girl's …
Mr Hassinger, who lives two hours north of Hagerstown in Pennsylvania, said that she told him that she was scared of her stepfather because he was a violent ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
4
Man pleads guilty in stepfather's wedgie death
This summer, a Pottawatomie County, Okla., man will learn his punishment after investigators say he killed his stepfather in 2013 by giving him a wedgie, ... «WLS-TV, May 15»
5
UN Experts Say Paraguay Failed 10-Y-O Girl Impregnated by …
The unidentified 10-year-old is one of three children who shared a rented room in the city of Luque with her mother and stepfather, according to reports. «Christian Post, May 15»
6
Paraguay abortion: Stepfather arrested in pregnant 10-year-old rape …
Police have arrested the fugitive stepfather of a pregnant 10-year-old girl who has been denied an abortion by the Paraguay government. The 42-year-old man, ... «The Independent, May 15»
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Outrage over 10-year-old Paraguayan pregnant by stepfather
Asuncion (AFP) - The case of a 10-year-old girl raped and impregnated by her stepfather has triggered outrage in Paraguay, where the health minister has ... «Yahoo News, May 15»
8
Pregnant 10-year-old 'denied abortion after being raped by stepfather'
A 10-year-old girl who fell pregnant after being raped by her stepfather has been refused permission to have an abortion, a charity claims. The child was ... «ITV News, Apr 15»
9
Wisconsin 17-year-old accused of killing her mother, stepfather due …
Martinson is is charged with fatally stabbing her mother Jennifer Ayers, 40, and shooting her stepfather Thomas Ayers, 37, on March 8 at the family's home in the ... «Fox News, Apr 15»
10
Wisconsin girl, 17, charged with killing mother, stepfather
RHINELANDER, Wis. - A 17-year-old northern Wisconsin girl killed her mother and stepfather and locked her three younger siblings in a room with some food ... «CBS News, Mar 15»

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