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单词 stepdame
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stepdame

[ step-deym ]
/ ˈstɛpˌdeɪm /

noun Archaic.

a stepmother.

Origin of stepdame

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at step-, dame

Words nearby stepdame

step by step, stepchair, step change, stepchild, step cut, stepdame, stepdance, stepdaughter, step-down, stepfamily, stepfather
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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 Erasmus
  • The 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

stepdame
/ (ˈstɛpˌdeɪm) /

noun

an archaic word for stepmother

Word Origin for stepdame

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