# stepchildren

Pronunciation: say "STEP-chil-druhn" /ˈstɛpˌtʃɪldɹən/

## Noun

1. Plural of stepchild. — plural of stepchild
   - Simple: Plural of stepchild. Use this form when talking about more than one stepchild.
   - _He treated his stepchildren exactly as he treated his own kids._
   - _The will divided the estate equally among her stepchildren and her biological daughter._

## Origin

From Middle English stepchildren, reshaped based on "child", and going back to Old English stēopċild. It is simply "step-" plus "children".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/stepchildren (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).