A stepfather or stepdad is a biologically unrelated male parent married to one's preexisting parent Meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the oxford english dictionary Children from his spouse's previous unions are known as his stepchildren.
The meaning of stepfather is the husband of one's parent when distinct from one's natural or legal father. Stepfather (ˈstɛpˌfɑːðə) n a man who has married one's mother after the death or divorce of one's father The husband, by a later marriage, of one's parent.
/ ˈstepˌfɑ·ðər / add to word list a man who is married to the mother of a child but is not the biological father (definition of stepfather from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press) Your stepfather is the man who has married one of your parents after the death of your father or divorce of your parents.
