Baronet
['bær(ə)nɪt] or ['bærənət]
Definition
(noun.) a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; 'since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart.'.
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Definition
(n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.
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Definition
n. the lowest hereditary title in the United Kingdom (of England—now of Great Britain—since 1611; of Scotland—or of Nova Scotia—since 1625; of Ireland since 1619).—ns. Bar′onetage the whole body of baronets: a list of such; Bar′onetcy.—adj. Baronet′ical.
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Examples
- It was over Sir Pitt Crawley's house; but it did not indicate the worthy baronet's demise. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, how did my calculations come out under these circumstances? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You remain a Baronet--you consent to be a mere country gentleman, she said to him, while he had been her guest in London. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They respected a possible baronet in the boy, between whom and the title there was only the little sickly pale Pitt Binkie. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Crawley's brother, the baronet, with whom we are not, alas! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Only a baronet; that is all. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now, you wanted to see Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- All idea of a Peerage was out of the question, the Baronet's two seats in Parliament being lost. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Ees, said the Baronet, I did. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The body of the unfortunate baronet had been removed, and all else remained as we had seen it in the morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But he himself was in a little room adjoining, at work with his turning apparatus, and he called to the baronet to join him there. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So it is, Joe, cried the Baronet, approvingly; and I'd like to see the man can do me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Again there was a loud laugh, the most startling of which was the Baronet's, which rattled out like a clatter of falling stones. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She sneaked away when her eyes met those of Wenham, and indeed never succeeded in her designs upon the Baronet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Reverend Bute Crawley was a tall, stately, jolly, shovel-hatted man, far more popular in his county than the Baronet his brother. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There were hundreds of baronets in England, and dozens of landowners in Hampshire. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Sir Pitt might have said he and his family, to be sure; but rich baronets do not need to be careful about grammar, as poor governesses must be. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lady Jane was instructed to be friendly with the Fuddlestones, and the Wapshots, and the other famous baronets, their neighbours. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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