stepdame, step-dame (n.) Old form(s): Stepdame
stepmother
Cym I.vii.1[Innogen alone] A father cruel, and a stepdame false
Cym II.i.57[Second Lord alone, of Innogen] a father by thy stepdame governed
MND I.i.5[Theseus to Hippolyta, of the moon] She lingers my desires, / Like to a stepdame or a dowager / Long withering out a young man's revenue
TC III.ii.192[Cressida to Troilus] As false / As ... stepdame to her son
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