† stepsiren.
Obsolete. rare.
= stepfather n.
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stepfatherc825
stepsirea1400
father-in-law1538
step-parent1840
step1954
a1400 Sir Beues 3464 Alse glad he was of hire, Of his damme, ase of is stipsire.
1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 193v His former Stepsiers stocke heereby the overthrow shall haue.
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