bonus mother

plural bonus mothers

1. euphemisticEuphemistic form of stepmother.

   To my brood: cousin Michele, sister-in-law Samantha, brother Michael, bonus mother Elaine, and to my brother David who puts the hysterical in Halpern.

   2007, Adena Halpern, Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown: Notes from a Single Girl's Closet, Penguin, →ISBN

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   I am also enormously grateful for all the ways my bonus mother, Jeri, has enhanced my life and the lives of my family and for the joy she so readily shares with us.

   2010, Ivy Ken, Digesting Race, Class, and Gender: Sugar as a Metaphor, Springer, →ISBN

   I am sitting on a balcony with the well-spoken and highly experienced family therapist, Jesper Juul. I am a producer, journalist, lecturer, mother, bonus mother and partner. My partner and I live with three boys: my own son Max who is 13 years and my partner's two sons Carl Frederik who is 14 and Johan who is 11.

   2012, Jesper Juul, Family Time, WestBow Press, →ISBN

   Synonyms: bonus mom, bonus mommy, For more synonyms, synonyms of stepmother