stepdame
[ step-deym ]
/ ˈstɛpˌdeɪm /
noun Archaic.
a stepmother.
Words nearby stepdame
step-up,
stepanakert,
stepbrother,
stepchair,
stepchild,
stepdame,
stepdance,
stepdaughter,
stepfamily,
stepfather,
stepford
Example sentences from the Web for stepdame
I haue a stepdame I warrant you, and myne husbandes mother euen such another.
A Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews and Honest Wives |Desiderius ErasmusThe young brood (twelve in number) came into the world at the usual period, but one only continued with her stepdame.
The Book of Curiosities |I. Platts
British Dictionary definitions for stepdame
Word Origin for stepdame
C14: from
step- +
dame (in the archaic sense: mother; see
dam ²)