Defn: One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
STEPPING-STONE
Step"ping-stone`, n.
1. A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.
2. Fig.: A means of progress or advancement. These obstacles his genius had turned into stepping-stones. Macaulay. That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. Tennyson.
STEPSISTER
Step"sis`ter, n.
Defn: A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
STEPSON
Step"son`, n. Etym: [AS. steópsunu.]
Defn: A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.
STEPSTONE
Step"stone`, n.
Defn: A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.