covert
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covert
adjective clandestine, cloaked, concealed, covered, cryptic, cryptical, dark, delitescent, disguised, furtive, hidden, insidious, invisible, latent, muffled, mystic, mystical, nonapparent, occult, out of sight, private, screened, secluded, secret, sheltered, shrouded, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, tacit, undercover, underhand, undisclosed, unknown, unobtrusive, unseen, unsuspected, veiledSee also: allusive, asylum, blind, clandestine, concealed, confidential, esoteric, evasive, furtive, hidden, impalpable, inconspicuous, indirect, latent, mysterious, personal, potential, private, privy, protection, recondite, refuge, secret, shield, sly, stealthy, surreptitious, undisclosed, unobtrusive
COVERT, BARON. A wife; so called, from her being under the cover or protection of her husband, baron or lord.