covert baron
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covert baron
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From Anglo-Norman couverte baroun, alteration of earlier coverte de baron (“covered by a husband”).
adjective
- Covert, under coverture; married. The Surrender by a woman covert Baron, being of the age of one and twenty years, made together with her ſband of the Lands
noun
- The protection of a husband; a married state, the condition of a feme covert or (loosely) any married person. to put himself under covert-baron [translating à couvert], he tooke him a wife from out that place, where all men may have them for mony[…].
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title = {covert baron},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
