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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: before 12th century the husband of one's mother when distinct from one's natural or legal father

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a male step-parent. Etymology: OE steopfæder (as STEP-, FATHER)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stepfather Step"fa`ther, n. [AS. ste['o]pf[ae]der.] The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also step-father(stepfathers) Someone's stepfather is the man who has married their mother after the death or divorce of their father. N-COUNT: oft poss N