baron
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈbɛrən/
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barón
- The baron invited us to his lavish estate for the weekend.
- feudal barons
- barons made the king
I'm a Baron and I'm on Instagram at Emma Baron Lefkowitz and and just call me answer my phone.
- I'm a Baron and I'm on Instagram at Emma Baron Lefkowitz and and just call me answer my phone.
Examples
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And the dashing and mysterious baron, an artist from Chile who has been living and working in the Kasbah since a hasty exit from Puerto Rico for reasons never fully explained.
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Anyone with a rank of baron or over was automatically eligible to be a Fellow.
Academic text (2011) -
Immediately, they were greeted with the same attention any duke or baron might have received.
Fiction book (1992) -
When we are married, thirty of the northern barons will pledge me their support as king.
Fiction book (1991) -
It seems that the baron's son is very attached to it.
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Tolstoy wanted to be king, but he was merely a baron from a cadet branch of the family.
Fiction book (2002) -
He's summoning the barons to court.
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In the feudal system, a baron was responsible for overseeing the land granted to him.
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The baron's title was inherited from his father, making him part of the nobility.
Synonyms
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4.8
A man who has a noble title and may sit in the House of Lords
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5.3
A person from a high social family with a title
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8.6
A noble person with a title who sits in the House of Lords
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6.5
A person from the highest social class, often by birth or title
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5.6
A man from a high social class who has a title
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9.9
A British noble who can sit in the House of Lords
Compounds
- Literature
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8.2
A very rich and powerful businessperson who uses unfair methods to get money
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8.2
A German World War I pilot famous for flying a bright red plane and shooting down many enemy planes
A noble title held by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a writer of music famous for The Phantom of the Opera
A noble title given to Ernest Rutherford, a New Zealand scientist
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word baron comes from an old German word baro meaning 'man' or 'warrior', and over time that word became the title for an important noble who owned land and had power. So a baron today is a member of the lower ranks of the nobility.