step-mother
Noun
Meaning
step-mother (plural step-mothers)
Alternative form of stepmother
Alternative names
step mother
Synonyms
Examples
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Fortune to one is mother, to another step-mother.
Bergreen, 1997, p. 78. At fourteen he was released from the home, living again with his father and new step-mother, Gertrude, and then back with his mother and thus back to the streets and their temptations.
From the early 1880s onwards, Satie started publishing salon compositions by his step-mother and himself, among others.
In fact, Eren not only had a step-mother, he also had a half-brother: Zeke.
A resident has spent over 30 years working at the hospice that cared for her husband’s step-mother - and she hasn’t taken a penny for her time.