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feme covert

/fɛmˈkʌvət/

feme covert noun: a married woman.

Noun

feme covert (plural femes covert or femes coverts)

  1. (historical) A married woman.
    • […]—you, Diana Vernon, spinstress, not being a femme covert; and being a convict popish recusant, are bound to repair to your own dwelling, and that by the nearest way, under penalty of being held felon to the king—[…]1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter IX, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees...
    • A deed of a feme covert, to be valid, must be executed by the husband also.1851, Thomas W Waterman, American Chancery Digest, volume II

Forms of feme covert

pluralfemes covert
pluralfemes coverts

Origin of feme covert

From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) covert (“covered, protected”).

Questions about feme covert

What does feme covert mean?
Feme covert means a married woman.
What part of speech is feme covert?
Feme covert is a noun.
How do you pronounce feme covert?
Feme covert is pronounced /fɛmˈkʌvət/ (UK).
What is the plural of feme covert?
The plural of feme covert is femes covert.

Words near feme covert in the dictionary

  1. femdom
  2. femdomme
  3. femdommes
  4. femdoms
  5. feme
  6. feme covert
  7. feme sole
  8. femenby
  9. femenine
  10. femerall
  11. femeralls

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