Definition of "feme" []

• Law A wife. (noun)
• Obsolete A woman. (noun)

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• "An ancient con - cept called feme covert - an old idea, old spell - ing - denoted a covered woman, a married woman whose only legal rights were those under the pro - tection of her husband."
• "a "feme" pronounced FEEM, a meme designed for Facebook here."
• "Under law, you are still a feme sole, not a feme covert."