Word: stepdames
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: step
dames
Definition: Plural of stepdame. A stepmother.
Morphemes:
Affix: step-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: A prefix used before father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.
Affix: dame
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A lady, a woman.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: domina
Language: la
Decoded: domina
Meaning: mistress of the house
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.