"step-son" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1868 July 1, “The Tragedy in Ohio—A Man Murders His Two Step-Sons”, in The New York Times, volume XVII, number 5232, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2025, page 8, column 4:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2001 April 2, Adam Platt, “The Wasteland”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2009:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "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, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2022:",
          "text": "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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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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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