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stepdame

[ step-deym ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a stepmother.


stepdame

/ ˈstɛpˌdeɪm /

noun

  1. an archaic word for stepmother
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stepdame1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; step-, dame
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stepdame1

C14: from step- + dame (in the archaic sense: mother; see dam ²)
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Example Sentences

The young brood (twelve in number) came into the world at the usual period, but one only continued with her stepdame.

Insomuch as it is hard to judge, whether in so doing she hath done the part of a kind mother, or a hard and cruell stepdame.

I haue a stepdame I warrant you, and myne husbandes mother euen such another.

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