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Definition of baron

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Baron (n.) 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..

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Barony :: Barony (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner..

Baronetcy :: Baronetcy (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.

Talliage :: Talliage (n.) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses..

Bloody Hand :: Bloody hand () A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom..

Baronage :: Baronage (n.) The dignity or rank of a baron.

Precedency :: Precedency (n.) The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners..

Chief Baron :: Chief baron () The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.

Baronage :: Baronage (n.) The whole body of barons or peers.

Baronies :: Baronies (pl. ) of Baron.

Baronial :: Baronial (a.) Pertaining to a baron or a barony.

Knight :: Knight (n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John..

Baronetage :: Baronetage (n.) State or rank of a baronet.

Barony :: Barony (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron..

Baroness :: Baroness (n.) A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts..

Napier''s Rods :: Napier's rods () A set of rods, made of bone or other material, each divided into nine spaces, and containing the numbers of a column of the multiplication table; -- a contrivance of Baron Napier, the inventor of logarithms, for facilitating the operations of multiplication and division..

Domina :: Domina (n.) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right.

Magna Charta :: Magna Charta () The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I..

#NAME? :: -et () A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet..

Baronetage :: Baronetage (n.) The collective body of baronets.

Baron :: Baron (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife..