stepdame

stepdame
/step"daym'/, n. Archaic.
a stepmother.
[1350-1400; ME; see STEP-, DAME]

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  • Stepdame — Step dame , n. A stepmother. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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