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femes covert

femes covert is the plural of feme covert.

Meaning of feme covert

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...

Questions about femes covert

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

Words near femes covert in the dictionary

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

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