stepmother
noun
step·moth·er
ˈstep-ˌmə-t͟hər 
: the wife of one's parent when distinct from one's natural or legal mother
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Barbara Kepner and Jeffrey Kepner were aboard the cruise with Anna, her father, her brother, her stepmother and stepsiblings.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
She was found dead on November 7 while on a six-day Caribbean cruise with her father, Christopher Kepner, 41, her 14-year-old brother Connor, her stepmother Shauntel Hudson, 36, and her 16-year-old stepbrother.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The parental confession was prompted when Bush Hager's guest cohost, Andy Cohen, made an offhand critique of the Disney flick, which centers on a young girl named Cinderella who works as a servant for her mean-spirited stepmother and stepsisters after the death of her widowed father.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
The testimony would be given as part of a child custody dispute between Thomas Hudson and Shauntel Hudson, the stepmother of 18-year-old Anna Kepner.
—Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
She was found dead on November 7 while on a six-day Caribbean cruise with her father, Christopher Kepner, 41, her 14-year-old brother Connor, her stepmother Shauntel Hudson, 36, and her 16-year-old stepbrother.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The parental confession was prompted when Bush Hager's guest cohost, Andy Cohen, made an offhand critique of the Disney flick, which centers on a young girl named Cinderella who works as a servant for her mean-spirited stepmother and stepsisters after the death of her widowed father.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
The testimony would be given as part of a child custody dispute between Thomas Hudson and Shauntel Hudson, the stepmother of 18-year-old Anna Kepner.
—Cristian Benavides, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Stepmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stepmother. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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stepmother
noun
step·moth·er
-ˌmət͟h-ər
: the wife of one's father when distinct from one's natural or legal mother
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