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femes coverts

femes coverts 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 coverts

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

Words near femes coverts in the dictionary

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

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