feme noun. [fi:m, fɛm] M16.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French (mod. FEMME), from Latin femina woman.]
1. A woman. obsolete (-M17) exc. in phrs. below. M16.
2. Law. A wife. L16.
Phrases: feme covert ['kʌvǝt] [see COVERT adjective 5] Law a married woman. feme sole [sǝʊl] Law (a) an unmarried woman, esp. a divorcee; (b) Hist. a married woman who trades etc. alone or independently of her husband.

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