step-father, step-mother

step-father, step-mother
nouns (the husband, who is not the person's father, of a person's own mother, or the wife, who is not the person's mother, of a person's own father.) üvey baba/ana

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  • step-mother —    The Oxford English Dictionary mentions that the term ‘step devil’ was once used as a synonym of ‘step mother’. Certainly the latter term is a difficult one to live with, thanks to the wicked stepmothers of many a children’s tale.    Speakers… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • step-mother — The wife of one s father by virtue of a marriage subsequent to that of which the person spoken of is the offspring …   Black's law dictionary

  • step- — O.E. steop , with connotations of loss, in combinations like steopcild orphan, related to astiepan, bestiepan to bereave, to deprive of parents or children, from P.Gmc. *steupa bereft (Cf. O.Fris. stiap , O.N. stjup , Swed. styv , M.L.G. stef ,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • mother —    Used by mainly middle and upperclass speakers to address their mothers. The word is most often used alone, but it can become ‘mother darling’, ‘mother dear’, ‘my dear mother’, etc., is especially if the speaker is a woman. ‘Mother’ is usually… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • Father — Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Father (disambiguation), Dad (disambiguation), Fatherhood (disambiguation), and Fathering (journal). Father with child A father is defined as a male parent of any type of offspring …   Wikipedia

  • step-brother — son of the mother or father from a previous marriage; son of a step father or of a step mother …   English contemporary dictionary

  • step-sister — daughter of the mother or father of a previous marriage; daughter of a step father or of a step mother …   English contemporary dictionary

  • step-sibling — noun a) The offspring of ones stepfather or stepmother who is not the offspring of ones mother and is not the offspring of ones father. b) The stepchild of ones father or mother which is not ones …   Wiktionary

  • Mother May I? — is a children s game. Also known as Captain May I? and Father May I? . Objective, Rules, and General Gameplay One player, particularly a female (but sometimes a male) plays the mother , father or captain . The other players are the children or… …   Wikipedia

  • Step- — [AS. ste[ o]p ; akin to OFries. stiap , stiep , D. & G. stief , OHG. stiuf , Icel. stj?p , Sw. styf , and to AS. [=a]st[=e]pan, [=a]ste[ o]pan, to deprive, bereave, as children of their parents, OHG. stiufen.] A prefix used before father, mother …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mother Veronica of the Passion — Born Sophie Leeves October 1, 1823(1823 10 01) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Died November 16, 1906(1906 11 16) (aged 83) Pau, Pyrénées Atlantiques, France Occupation …   Wikipedia

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