Step'child` noun [ Anglo-Saxon steópcild .] 1. A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother. [ Obsolete] 2. A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/193
A child born to or legally adopted by your spouse before your marriage whom you have not legally adopted. If you adopt the child, your parent-child relationship is the same as if the child were biologically related to you. Found on http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/stepchild-term.html
a child of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage. · any person, organization, affiliate, project, etc., that is not properly treated, supported, or appreciated: This agency is the stepchild when appropriations are handed out. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/stepchild