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Stepdame

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stepmother. archaic

    "'To be sure, Maud; maybe you are right; a stepdame is a risk, and I ought to have asked you first what you thought of it; and upon my honour,' she continued merrily but kindly, observing that my eyes, I know not exactly from what feeling, filled with tears, 'I'll never again advise your papa to marry, unless you first tell me you wish it.'"

Etymology

From Middle English stepdame; equivalent to step- + dame.

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