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Word Meanings - STEPDAUGHTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.

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  • FORMERLY
    In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
  • HUSBANDABLE
    Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.
  • HUSBANDLESS
    Destitute of a husband. Shak.
  • DAUGHTERLY
    Becoming a daughter; filial. Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish.
  • HUSBANDRY
    1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak. 2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. Husbandry supplieth all
  • HUSBANDLY
    Frugal; thrifty. Tusser.
  • DAUGHTERLINESS
    The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.
  • MARRIAGEABILITY
    The quality or state of being marriageable.
  • DAUGHTER
    doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. daúhtar,, OSlav. d, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. , Zendughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker,
  • MARRIAGE
    1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony. Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4. 2. The marriage vow or contract. Chaucer. 3. A feast made on
  • HUSBANDAGE
    The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.
  • FORMER
    1. One who forms; a maker; a creator. A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed. A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped. A cutting die.
  • HUSBAND
    the house or family, AS. h master of the house; h house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. h house master, husband; h house + b dwelling, inhabiting, p.pr. of b to dwell; akin to AS. b, 1. The male head of a household; one who
  • MARRIAGEABLE
    Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable. -- Mar"riage*a*ble*ness, n.
  • FORMERET
    One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.
  • HUSBANDMAN
    1. The master of a family. Chaucer. 2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
  • DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
    The wife of one's son.
  • DEFORMER
    One who deforms.
  • STEPDAUGHTER
    A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
  • MISINFORMER
    One who gives or incorrect information.
  • INFORMER
    One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution
  • GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER
    A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
  • PHASING TRANSFORMER
    Any of several transformers for changing phase.
  • PARALLEL TRANSFORMER
    A transformer connected in parallel.
  • AUTOTRANSFORMER
    A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a compensator or balancing coil.
  • GODDAUGHTER
    A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

 

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