step-son

See also: stepson

English

Noun

step-son (plural step-sons)

  1. Alternative form of stepson.
    • 1868 July 1, “The Tragedy in Ohio—A Man Murders His Two Step-Sons”, in The New York Times‎[1], volume XVII, number 5232, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 September 2025, page 8, column 4:
      John Cool, a resident of Warrensville, twelve miles east of Clveland, made an attack upon two step-sons, Edward and Henry Quayle, aged twenty and eighteen years, with a butcher knife, on Saturday evening, and inflicted wounds upon both to such an extent that Henry died in four hours and Edward cannot live long.
    • 2001 April 2, Adam Platt, “The Wasteland”, in New York‎[2], New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 June 2009:
      The menu, as conceived by chef Joel Somerstein -- Ms. Somerstein's step-son, and formerly a chef at the Hotel Pierre and Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Lafayette -- is a mix of standard dishes (free-range chicken, sweetbreads, salmon with potato blinis) with a smattering of international tastes.
    • 2022 March 30, Andrew Court, “I’m a hot mom who loves my kids and plastic surgery — but women are jealous”, in New York Post‎[3], New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 March 2022:
      The blond bombshell appeared on a recent episode of Truly’s “My Extraordinary Family” alongside her husband, Stephen Donnelly, 43, son, Levi, 12, and two step-sons, Lincoln and Parker.
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