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STEPSISTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stepsister mean?
• STEPSISTER (noun)
The noun STEPSISTER has 1 sense:
1. a sister who has only one parent in common with you
Familiarity information: STEPSISTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sister who has only one parent in common with you
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
half-sister; half sister; stepsister
Hypernyms ("stepsister" is a kind of...):
sis; sister (a female person who has the same parents as another person)
Context examples
Your stepsister has long deserved death; tonight when she is asleep I will come and cut her head off.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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