Meaning

1 senses
  1. A single woman, whether unmarried, spinster, widow or divorcee.

    To Mary Smith, an adult feme sole, you are hereby summonsed...

    незаму́жняя же́нщинаnezamúžnjaja žénščina

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
law, a single woman:

Origin

From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) sole (“alone”).

From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) sole (“alone”).

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Forms

plural: femes sole
Singularfeme sole
Pluralfemes sole

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Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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