baron

Speech parts

1. baron - Noun

2. Baron - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mogul magnate tycoon king lord aristocrat power noble seigneur peer nobleman kingpin business leader big businessman napoleon
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Antonyms

king queen princess letter shrimp female
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Hypernyms

lord noble peer nobleman businessman man of affairs

Hyponyms

oil tycoon

Related terms

baroness baronial baronetcy baronne

Phrases with the word

land baron baron carl auer von welsbach william le baron jenny feudal baron principal baron prominent baron

Anagrams

aborn Abron Barno bonar Borna Nabor NORBA Orban Rabon

Examples

He signed himself prince of this, lord of that, baron of the other thing and claimant to the dukedom of something else. Murray Leinster

Former US president, drug baron and pedophile, George Herbert Walker Bush, incidentally, is mentioned more than any other person in my experience in relation to shape-shifting. David Icke

My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end. Vincent Schiavelli

Investigation?" Isabelle laughed. "Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names." "Good idea," said Jace. "I shall be Baron Hotschaft Von Hugenstein. Cassandra Clare

Dress up a country bumpkin and he looks like a baron. Sicilian Proverb

Better a poor husband than a lover who's a baron. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

barometry barometz baromez Baron Adrian Baron Alexander von Humboldt baron and femme