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

Peer :: Peer (n.) A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm..

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

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

Viscount :: Viscount (a.) A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3..

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..

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

Baronies :: Baronies (pl. ) of Baron.

Sir :: Sir (n.) A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.

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

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..

Tolt :: Tolt (n.) A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court.

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

Baronage :: Baronage (n.) The land which gives title to 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..

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..

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

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..

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

Knight Baro-net :: Knight baro-net () See Baronet.