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Stepmother

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mother-in-lawnounThe mother of one's spouse.
stepmomnoun(US, informal) Stepmother.
landladynounA female landlord.
mistressnounThe other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.
patronnounA customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
bossnounA person who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
adoptive mothernounA woman who has adopted a child, as opposed to a biological mother.
foster mothernounA female adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.
stepmommynoun(informal, chiefly childish) stepmother
step mum
step-mothernounAlternative form of stepmother. [The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.]
stepfathernoun(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.
ex-stepmothernounA previous wife of one's father during one's lifetime, other than one's mother, typically following the divorce or death of the mother.
ex-stepfathernounA previous husband of one's mother during one's lifetime, other than one's father, typically following the divorce or death of the father.
stepmother-in-lawnounA stepmother of one's spouse.
step-fathernounAlternative form of stepfather. [(in the narrow sense) The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.]
stepgrandmothernounThe stepmother of one's father or mother and the wife of one's grandfather, usually a woman that one's grandfather marries after the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandmother.
stepgrandfathernounThe stepfather of one's mother or father and the husband of one's grandmother, and not one's biological grandfather, especially following the divorce of one's grandparents or the death of one's grandfather.
mother-out-lawnounThe mother of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.
stepwifenounThe ex-wife of one's spouse.

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