Definitions
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- (Law) Under the protection of a husband; married.
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- adjective
Covert . - noun obsolete (Chiefly with
under ) Theprotection of ahusband ; amarried state, the condition of afeme covert or (loosely) any married person.
Etymologies
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From Anglo-Norman couverte baroun, earlier coverte de baron ("covered by a husband").
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