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Cal⋅vert

[kal-vert]
–noun
1. Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore), 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
2. Sir George (1st Baron Baltimore), c1580–1632, British statesman: founder of the colony of Maryland.
3. his son, Leonard, 1606–47, first colonial governor of Maryland 1634–47.
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Cal·vert   (kāl'vərt)   
Family of English colonists in America, including George (1580?-1632), First Baron Baltimore; his son Cecilius (1605-1675), Second Baron and recipient of the Maryland charter; another son, Leonard (1606-1647), first governor of Maryland (1634-1647); and Cecilius's son Charles (1637-1715), Third Baron and governor (1661-1675) and proprietor (1675-1689) of Maryland.
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