feme

noun

ˈfem,

ˈfēm

plural -s

1

or less commonly femme

ˈfem

: wife

—used in heraldry correlatively with baron

2

law : woman

the feme plaintiff

Word History

Etymology

Anglo-French, from Old French, woman, wife, female, from Latin femina woman, female

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