Baron

['bær(ə)n] or ['bærən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; 'an oil baron'.

(noun.) a British peer of the lowest rank.

(noun.) a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.

手打:凯勒--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.

(n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.

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解釋/意思:

n. a title of rank the lowest in the House of Peers: formerly a title of the judges of the Court of Exchequer: in feudal times the tenants-in-chief of the Crown later the peers or great lords of the realm generally: till 1832 the name for the parliamentary representatives of the Cinque Ports: in Germany the signification instead of becoming restricted as in England has become extended—the greater or dynasty barons having all been elevated to higher titles a large number being designated barons in virtue of a diploma from some reigning prince the title being used also by all his descendants.—ns. Bar′onage the whole body of barons; Bar′on-bail′ie a magistrate appointed by the lord-superior in a burgh of barony; Bar′oness a baron's wife or a lady holding a baronial title in her own right.—adj. Barōn′ial pertaining to a baron or barony.—n. Bar′ony the territory of a baron: in Ireland a division of a county: in Scotland a large freehold estate or manor even though not carrying with it a baron's title and rank: the rank of baron.—Baron of beef a joint consisting of two sirloins left uncut at the backbone.

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