Baron
['bær(ə)n] or ['bærən]
Definition
(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.
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Definition
(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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Definition
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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Examples
- It closely resembled in general features the telegraph of Baron de Schilling. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He made a raid on a neighboring baron and completed his outfit with the booty secured. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But answer me, said Baron Tuille, addressing himself to me, does the Duke of Leinster go to the continent this year? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I should not--never a duc, baron, or vicomte of the lot. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Ampère and of Baron de Schilling, though in some respects not so efficient as either, for its action was slow, and it required a separate wire for each letter of the alphabet. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The most petty baron may arrest, try, and condemn a witch found within his own domain. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The Baron is a fine man, and is said to stand high in the Emperor's confidence and esteem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Where be these dog-priests now, growled the Baron, who set such price on their ghostly mummery? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A poor honourable is no catch, and I cannot imagine any liking in the case, for take away his rants, and the poor baron has nothing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Baron Aucapitaine has since tried similar experiments. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Baron Ungern-Sternberg, a boisterous, whole-souled old nobleman, came with the rest. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- No feudal baron in _Magna Charta_ times could have more thoroughly resented some incursion of the crown. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Baron Wrangel came, also. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You're a baron of the land. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When did thy master hear of a Norman baron unbuckling his purse to relieve a churchman, whose bags are ten times as weighty as ours? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The princes who lived upon the worst terms with their barons, seem accordingly to have been the most liberal in grants of this kind to their burghs. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- One of the brightest jewels in the British crown, wrung from his Majesty by the barons, I believe, Mr. Jinks? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They are supposed to have belonged to some of the marauding Barons of Holdernesse in the Middle Ages. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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