English

Noun

bonus mother ‎(plural bonus mothers)

1. (US, euphemistic) Stepmother.
   • 2007, Adena Halpern, Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown: Notes from a Single Girl's Closet, Penguin (ISBN 9781101077870)

     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.

   • 2010, Ivy Ken, Digesting Race, Class, and Gender: Sugar as a Metaphor, Springer (ISBN 9780230115385)

     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.

   • 2012, Jesper Juul, Family Time, WestBow Press (ISBN 9781477225998)

     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.

Synonyms

• bonus mom

For more synonyms, see synonyms of stepmother.