Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stepchild.
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- noun A
stepchild .
Etymologies
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From Middle English steopbern, from Old English stēopbearn ("stepchild"), equivalent to step- + bairn. Cognate with Danish stedbarn ("stepchild"), Swedish styvbarn ("stepchild"), Icelandic stjúpbarn ("stepchild").
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Examples
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Corby's like that; it's always been what the Scots call a stepbairn, and never seems to have what its brothers and sisters take for granted.
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