Definitions for Baron
ˈbær ənbaron

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. baronnoun

   a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank

2. baronnoun

   a British peer of the lowest rank

3. baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoonnoun

   a very wealthy or powerful businessman

   "an oil baron"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. baronnoun

   The male ruler of a barony.

2. baronnoun

   A male member of the lowest rank of British nobility.

3. baronnoun

   A particular cut of beef, made up of a double sirloin.

4. Etymology: From baron, late Latin baro, barōnem (not to be confused with classical bāro, bārōnem "simpleton"),

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. BARONnoun

   Etymology: The etymology of this word is very uncertain. Baro, among the Romans, signified a brave warriour, or a brutal man; and, from the first of these significations, Gilles Ménage derives baron, as a term of military dignity. Others suppose it originally to signify only a man; in which sense baron, or varon, is still used by the Spaniards; and, to confirm this conjecture, our law yet uses baron and femme, husband and wife. Others deduce it from her, an old Gaulish word, signifying commander; others from the Hebrew נבד, of the same import. Some think it a contraction of par homme, or peer, which seems least probable.

   1. A degree of nobility next to a viscount. It may be probably thought, that anciently, in England, all those were called barons, that had such signiories as we now call court barons. And it is said, that, after the conquest, all such came to the parliament, and sat as nobles in the upper house. But when, by experience, it appeared, that the parliament was too much crouded with such multitudes, it became a custom, that none should come, but such as the king, for their extraordinary wisdom or quality, thought good to call by writ; which writ ran hac vice tantum. After that, men, seeing that this state of nobility was but casual, and depending merely on the prince’s pleasure, obtained of the king letters patent of this dignity to them and their heirs male: and these were called barons by letters patent, or by creation; whose posterity are now those barons that are called lords of the parliament; of which kind the king may create more at his pleasure. It is nevertheless thought, that there are yet barons by writ, as well as barons by letters patent, and that they may be discerned by their titles; the barons by writ being those, that to the title of lord have their own surnames annexed; whereas the barons by letters patent, are named by their baronies. These barons which were first by writ, may now justly also be called barons by prescription; for that they have continued barons, in themselves and their ancestors, beyond the memory of man. There are also barons by tenure, as the bishops of the land, who, by virtue of baronies annexed to their bishopricks, have always had place in the upper house of parliament, and are called lords spiritual.2. Baron is an officer, as barons of the exchequer to the king: of these the principal is called lord chief baron, and the three others are his assistants, between the king and his subjects, in causes of justice, belonging to the exchequer.3.There are also barons of the cinque ports; two to each of the seven towns, Hastings, Winchelsea, Rye, Rumney, Hithe, Dover, and Sandwich, that have places in the lower house of parliament. John Cowell

   They that bear
   The cloth of state above, are four barons
   Of the cinque ports. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   4.Baron is used for the husband in relation to his wife. John Cowell5. A baron of beefis when the two sirloins are not cut asunder, but joined together by the end of the backbone. Dict.

Webster Dictionary(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Baronnoun

   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

2. Baronnoun

   a husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Baron

   Baron is a title of honour, often hereditary, and ranked as one of the lowest titles in the various nobiliary systems of Europe.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. baron

   In England a title of nobility,—the grade between the baronet and viscount,—the lowest grade in the House of Lords.

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Matched Categories

1. • Businessman
   • Nobleman
   • Peer

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Baron' in Nouns Frequency: #2770

Anagrams for Baron »

1. aborn

2. NORBA

3. boran

How to pronounce Baron?

1. Alex

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   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

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   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Baron in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Baron in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Baron in a Sentence

1. Kensington Palace:

   The Queen has today been pleased to confer a Dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales, his titles will be Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. Prince Harry thus becomes His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, and Ms. Meghan Markle on marriage will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex.

2. Nick Drummond:

   We were actually told by a neighbor that the home was rumored to have been built by a bootlegger and a German baron.

3. Clive Staples Lewis:

   Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

4. Philipp Meyer:

   The era of the cattle baron is over, the Son.

5. Prof Karlan:

   The Constitution says there can be no titles of nobility, so while the president can name his son Barron, he cant make him a baron.

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