Today's AWAD [Day 2] is:
feme covert (fem KOV-uhrt) noun, plural femes covert
A married woman.
[From Anglo-French feme covert, from feme (woman) + covert (protected).]
A feme covert is not the feminine equivalent of 007. Rather, it's a legal term to describe a married woman, one who is covered or protected by a husband. Some have interpreted the term literally to indicate a women covered by a veil. The opposite of this is feme sole, a single woman, whether divorced, widowed, or never married.
A feme covert can kick butt nowadays. She doesn't need anyone's protection. In her own home, she's got as much clout as a femme fatale. [And she can be just as deadly too, if she catches you foolin' around.]
And let's not feel too sorry for feme soles either. Some feme soles are the sole reason some guys aren't married. They're pining their hearts out for a feme sole mate.
