Baron
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A lord or nobleman; the most general title of nobility in England.
LBL.
Comm, 898, 399, A particular degree or title of nobility, next to a viscount, A judge of the court of exchequer.
8 BL Comm. 44; Cowell.
A freeman. Co. Littl. 58a, Also a vassal holding directly from the king. A husband; occurring in this sense in the phrase “baron et feme,” husband and wife.