Synonyms

feme covert

American

[kuhv-ert] / ˈkʌv ərt /

noun

Law.

a married woman.

feme covert British

noun

law a married woman

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

femes covert

plural

Etymology

Origin of feme covert

1520–30; < Anglo-French: covered (protected) woman

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