baroness
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- noun
- /ˈbɛrəˌnɛs/
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baronesa
- The Baroness hosted an elegant tea party at her estate for local dignitaries.
- Baroness Orczy
I am the managing director, Baroness Brady.
- I am the managing director, Baroness Brady.
- She did amend her view in due course, became Baroness Lee and was a very active parliamentarian.
- He'd obtained these tickets for a lovely lunch with Baroness Goulding and they were trying to have an idea what he can do in the middle of Prime Minister's Questions.
Examples
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She really became so elegant and such a perfect baroness, you would believe she was born with the title.
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- The lady next to him is Baroness Von Livenbaum, lady-in-waiting to the empress.
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You must be a big man for the Baroness to hand me over.
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You should bring it up with the Baroness and stick to shopping.
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Time passed: he checked his pocket watch and decided to give the new Baroness another minute or two to prepare herself.
Fiction book (2002) -
I am the managing director, Baroness Brady.
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I became known as the "spoiled baroness".
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We honor Professor and Baroness Ingrid Dubshe.
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The elderly Baroness Alma de St. Marie-Eglise rushed at once to her niece, finding her still in bed.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the House of Lords, Liberal Democrat Baroness Doocey asked Conservative transport spokesman Earl Attlee what anti-trafficking measures were in place.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.5
A woman who has a noble title in Britain, for example the wife or female partner of a lord
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8.6
A noble person with a title who sits in the House of Lords
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A woman from a high social class who has a title
A woman who has a noble title, often in Britain, or a woman whose husband was a noble
A woman from a high social class with a family title
How Noble
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Baroness comes from baron, which means 'a noble' or 'a lord', plus the feminine ending -ess, like in actress. So a baroness is a woman who holds the rank of a baron or is the wife or widow of a baron.