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blended family en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A stepfamily in which both new spouses have one or more living children from prior partners.
   • The new traditions established in a blended family are either a blend of traditions both mates have brought into the marriage or something completely new. Because of Adrienne's and my family backgrounds, the blend of most of our traditions […] 1984, Tom Frydenger, Adrienne Frydenger, The Blended Family, Chosen Books, →ISBN:
   • In a blended family you may have a stepmother, a stepfather, stepbrothers, stepsisters, half brothers, half sisters, and even step-pets! You've got all sorts of stuff mixed into one new, blended family—a family that you are an important part of! 2009, Kurt Johnston, Mark Oestreicher, My Family, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 128:

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Translations (7)

pt família mista (a stepfamily in which both new spouses have one or more living children from prior partners) · fr famille recomposée (a stepfamily in which both new spouses have one or more living children from prior partners) · hu mozaikcsalád (a stepfamily in which both new spouses have one or more living children from prior partners) · fi uusperhe (a stepfamily in which both new spouses have one or more living children from prior partners) · de Patchworkfamilie (a stepfamily in which both new spouses have one or more living children from prior partners) · pl rodzina patchworkowa (a stepfamily in which both new spouses have one or more living children from prior partners) · mi whānau whirihono (a stepfamily in which both new spouses have one or more living children from prior partners)