"stepdame" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English stepdame; equivalent to step- + dame.",
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          "ref": "1865, Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:",
          "text": "'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.'",
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        "A stepmother."
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        "(archaic) A stepmother."
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  "word": "stepdame"
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        "A stepmother."
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        "(archaic) A stepmother."
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