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feme sole

UK/ˈfɛmsəʊl/

feme sole noun: a single woman, whether unmarried, spinster, widow or divorcee.

Noun

feme sole (plural femes sole)

  1. A single woman, whether unmarried, spinster, widow or divorcee.
    • To Mary Smith, an adult feme sole, you are hereby summonsed...
    • A married woman shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be capable of acquiring, holding, and disposing by will or otherwise, of any real or personal property as her separate property, in the same manner as if she were a feme sole, without the intervention of any trustee.1882, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Section 1(1)”, in Married Women's Property Act 1882, page 1

Forms of feme sole

pluralfemes sole

Origin of feme sole

From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) sole (“alone”).

Questions about feme sole

What does feme sole mean?
Feme sole means a single woman, whether unmarried, spinster, widow or divorcee.
What part of speech is feme sole?
Feme sole is a noun.
How do you pronounce feme sole?
Feme sole is pronounced /ˈfɛmsəʊl/ (UK).
What is the plural of feme sole?
The plural of feme sole is femes sole.

Words near feme sole in the dictionary

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

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