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femes

femes is the plural of feme.

Meaning of feme

Noun

feme (plural femes)

  1. (historical) A woman.
    • TRESPASS FOR INTERMEDDLING WITH A FEME.
    • There are some curious decisions in the old books regarding this point of law, with which it may be useful to be acquainted. In Br. Ab. Tresp. 40, it is said that a man may aid a feme who falls upon the ground from a horse, and so if she be sick, and the same if her baron would murder her. And the...1825, Henry Roscoe, Thomas Roscoe, Westminster Hall: Or, Professional Relics and Anecdotes of the Bar, Bench and Woolsack

Phrases with femes

Questions about femes

What is femes the plural of?
Femes is the plural of feme.

Words near femes in the dictionary

  1. femenine
  2. femerall
  3. femeralls
  4. femerell
  5. femerells
  6. femes
  7. femes covert
  8. femes coverts
  9. femes sole
  10. femetary
  11. femfan

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