stepfathern.

/ˈstɛpfɑːðə/

Forms: Old English stéupfædær, stéopfæder, Middle English stifader, stifadre, steffader; Middle English– step- (see father n.).

Etymology: Old English stéopfæder (see step- comb. form) = Old Frisian stiapfeder (North Frisian stjâpfader, sjapfar, West Frisian stiepfader), Middle Low German stēfvadere, Dutch stiefvader, Old High German stiuffater (Middle High German, modern German stiefvater), Old Norse stjúpfaðer (Swedish styffader, Danish stiffader).

a. A man who has married one's mother after one's father's death or divorce.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > stepfather

stepfatherc825

stepsirea1400

father-in-law1538

step-parent1840

step1954

c825 Epinal Gloss. 1070 Vitricius, steupfaedaer.

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. viii. 42 Adipsus [i.e. Oedipus]..ægþer ofsloh ge..his steopfæder, ge his steopsunu.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 93 Medus..folowed þe dedes of Iason þat was his owne stepfader.

a1400 Sir Beues 464 Beten ichaue me stifadre Wiþ me mace.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 83 It is no loue of a natureill fader, but it is rigoure of a stepfader.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vitricus, a father in lawe or steppefather.

1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata lv. §600 A stepfather, & a stepmother, loue not very well their steppe sonnes, or steppe children.

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 30/2 I am not your own Child, but was adopted by one of your former Husbands; who..proved an excellent Step-Father to me.

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 46 He was the stepfather of Arthur of Brittany.

b. transferred and figurative.

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c1325 Metr. Hom. 123 Hir [sc. the Church's] steffader cal I the Fend, For igain hir es he unhende.

1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 335 Þis weiward steffadris of mennus soulis.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 128 Who but Stepfathers to their Poemes be.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 86 Kings, if they be Wise for themselves will be Nursing Fathers,..not Stepfathers.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xv. 284 ‘Dare we resist the Holy Father?’ ‘Holy step-father, you mean.’

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. liii. 327 He [sc. Washington] was commonly called by them ‘The stepfather of his country.’

c. A father-in-law. (? A conscious misuse.)

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > father-in-law

eldfatherc1200

father-in-lawa1382

father-law1445

good-father1488

law-father1582

law's father1593

stepfathera1640

dad-in-law1694

papa-in-law1821

pa-in-law1840

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Double Marriage iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeee3/1 Pand. [to Juliana, his daughter-in-law] A word or two of a kind step-father Ile have put in.

Derivatives

ˈstepfatherly adj.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [adjective] > relating to a stepfather

stepfatherly1912

1912 Nation 23 Mar. 1012/1 His step-fatherly rule does not kill even his own officialism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	stepfather
释义	stepfathern. /ˈstɛpfɑːðə/ Forms: Old English stéupfædær, stéopfæder, Middle English stifader, stifadre, steffader; Middle English– step- (see father n.). Etymology: Old English stéopfæder (see step- comb. form) = Old Frisian stiapfeder (North Frisian stjâpfader, sjapfar, West Frisian stiepfader), Middle Low German stēfvadere, Dutch stiefvader, Old High German stiuffater (Middle High German, modern German stiefvater), Old Norse stjúpfaðer (Swedish styffader, Danish stiffader). a. A man who has married one's mother after one's father's death or divorce. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > stepfather stepfatherc825 stepsirea1400 father-in-law1538 step-parent1840 step1954 c825 Epinal Gloss. 1070 Vitricius, steupfaedaer. c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. viii. 42 Adipsus [i.e. Oedipus]..ægþer ofsloh ge..his steopfæder, ge his steopsunu. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 93 Medus..folowed þe dedes of Iason þat was his owne stepfader. a1400 Sir Beues 464 Beten ichaue me stifadre Wiþ me mace. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 83 It is no loue of a natureill fader, but it is rigoure of a stepfader. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vitricus, a father in lawe or steppefather. 1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata lv. §600 A stepfather, & a stepmother, loue not very well their steppe sonnes, or steppe children. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 30/2 I am not your own Child, but was adopted by one of your former Husbands; who..proved an excellent Step-Father to me. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 46 He was the stepfather of Arthur of Brittany. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ c1325 Metr. Hom. 123 Hir [sc. the Church's] steffader cal I the Fend, For igain hir es he unhende. 1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 335 Þis weiward steffadris of mennus soulis. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 128 Who but Stepfathers to their Poemes be. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 86 Kings, if they be Wise for themselves will be Nursing Fathers,..not Stepfathers. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xv. 284 ‘Dare we resist the Holy Father?’ ‘Holy step-father, you mean.’ 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. liii. 327 He [sc. Washington] was commonly called by them ‘The stepfather of his country.’ c. A father-in-law. (? A conscious misuse.) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > father-in-law eldfatherc1200 father-in-lawa1382 father-law1445 good-father1488 law-father1582 law's father1593 stepfathera1640 dad-in-law1694 papa-in-law1821 pa-in-law1840 a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Double Marriage iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeee3/1 Pand. [to Juliana, his daughter-in-law] A word or two of a kind step-father Ile have put in. Derivatives ˈstepfatherly adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [adjective] > relating to a stepfather stepfatherly1912 1912 Nation 23 Mar. 1012/1 His step-fatherly rule does not kill even his own officialism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c825
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