stepmother
noun/ˈstepmʌðə(r)/
/ˈstepmʌðər/
(British English, informal stepmum, North American English, informal stepmom)
- a woman who is the wife or partner of your father but who is not your birth motherTopics Family and relationshipsb2Word OriginOld English stēopmōdor (see step-, mother).
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