Baroness
['bær(ə)nɪs;-nes] or [,bærə'nɛs]
Definition
(noun.) a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron.
Typed by Gilda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
Edited by Jonathan
Examples
- Everybody went away having any pretensions to politeness, and of course, with them, Doctor von Glauber, the Court Doctor, and his Baroness. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Am I right, Baroness Ingram, of Ingram Park? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I sent him back qvite tin after tree months, and he danced vid Baroness Glauber at the end of two. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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