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stepdame
[ step-deym ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a stepmother.
stepdame
/ ˈstɛpˌdeɪm /
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Word History and Origins
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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.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
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I haue a stepdame I warrant you, and myne husbandes mother euen such another.
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