Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stepchild"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stepchild \Step"child`\, n. [AS. ste['o]pcild.]
1. A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
[Obs.]
2. A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former
marriage.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stepchild
n : a child of your spouse by a former marriage
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