stepfathers
- 1Plural of stepfather.
Many stepfathers struggle to find their place in a blended family.
The study compared the parenting styles of biological fathers and stepfathers.
Note
A regular plural that falls on the head of the compound: step- modifies, father carries the number, so the -s goes at the very end of the closed word. The plural spans both ways the role is drawn: a mother's later husband, or more broadly any parent's husband who is not one's biological father, or someone in a similar relationship. Context, not form, tells the reader which is meant.
stepfathers is a form of stepfather
stepfather, noun: The husband of one's biological mother, married to her following her earlier marriage or relationship with one's biological father. Full entry
- Forms
- stepfatherstepfathers plural
- Spelling
- stepfather → stepfathers: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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