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baron
('b/&/r/@/n )

noun (n)

  • a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • a British peer of the lowest rank(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • a very wealthy or powerful businessman(noun.person)
    Example:
    An oil baron.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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