blended family

noun

1. a family composed of a couple and their children from previous marriages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blended family¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

His eyes met mine more than once, reassuring me that we’re still a team — just like we are on complex video shoots for our business, parenting a blended family and wrangling our 120-pound dog for a bath.

From Los Angeles Times

One candidate has been convicted of multiple felonies and found liable for sexual assault by a civil jury — and those things are perceived as political advantages against a squeaky-clean former prosecutor whose Black-Indian-Jewish blended family appears to have been carefully cast for a car-insurance commercial.

From Salon

In search of a better job and a safer environment, Jones’ father moved his newly blended family to Bremer, Wash., in 1943 and found work at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

From Los Angeles Times

Any blended family that has found a way — through the awkwardness and frustration and unfamiliarity — to affection, even to love?

From Salon

For years I had set aside the writing goals I held dear and opted to put Rob and our blended family first, but in the quiet moments, I felt empty.

From Los Angeles Times