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Feme covert

//fɛmˈkʌvət// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A married woman. historical

    "[…]—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—[…]"

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) covert (“covered, protected”).

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