stepdame

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

stepdame (plural stepdames)

1. (archaic) A stepmother.
   • 1865, Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:

     '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.'

• Category:English terms prefixed with step-

• stampede

• stepdamme, steppedame, stedame

From step- +‎ dame.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛpˌdaːm(ə)/, /ˈstɛpˌdam(ə)/

stepdame (plural stepdames)

1. stepmother (wife of one's father)

   Synonym: stepmoder

• English: stepdame

• “step-dāme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.