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  • noun Plural form of step-father; alternative spelling of stepfathers.

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Examples

  • Does it deflect the facts of child abuse, the fact, for instance, that the overwhelming majority of cases of child abuse occur in the home and are inflicted by fathers, step-fathers or boyfriends?

    Conscientious: Politics: April 2009 Archives 2009

  • Not every story could be used, but every story added to the richness with which we were able to explore the relationships of fathers, step-fathers and grandfathers in this book.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • Not every story could be used, but every story added to the richness with which we were able to explore the relationships of fathers, step-fathers and grandfathers in this book.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • Does it deflect the facts of child abuse, the fact, for instance, that the overwhelming majority of cases of child abuse occur in the home and are inflicted by fathers, step-fathers or boyfriends?

    Conscientious: Politics Archives 2009

  • After all, all those old fairy tales about wicked step-mothers or step-fathers weren't just the products of some storywriter's over-active imagination. phil

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

  • "Live-in and visiting boyfriends are much more likely than biological fathers or married step-fathers to inflict severe physical abuse, sexual abuse and child killing."

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

  • A few months later, when I checked in with this family, the morning ritual of walking to school had become a high point in Maxs and his step-fathers day, a comfortable re-establishment of a ritual this boy truly lovedone that was a natural because it completely suited his conversational style.

    Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009

  • A few months later, when I checked in with this family, the morning ritual of walking to school had become a high point in Maxs and his step-fathers day, a comfortable re-establishment of a ritual this boy truly lovedone that was a natural because it completely suited his conversational style.

    Childhood Unbound Ron Taffel 2009

  • I learned early on to defend myself against my mother, my brother, any number of step-fathers and the occasional pervert who stopped me on the street to tempt me into his car.

    FEATURED POET: REBECCA LOUDON EILEEN 2009

  • Under Islamic law, step-fathers do not acquire ownership over the child.

    Ali Eteraz: Obama Islam Smear Changes Stripes 2008

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