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baroness|ˈbærənɪs|
Forms: 5 barnesse, baronys, -es, -esse, baronnesse, 6– baroness.
[a. OF. barnesse, -onnesse, in med.L. baronissa: see baron and -ess.]
a. The wife of a baron.
b. A lady holding a baronial title ‘in her own right.’
c1420Chron. Vilod. 116 Bothe erlys and barnesse and ladyes clere. c1420in Wright Voc. 194/2 Baronissa, baronys. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour I v b, The example of a baronnesse or wyf of a baron. 1529Act 21 Hen. VIII, xiii. §28 Any Duchess, Marquess, Countess, Viscountess, or Baroness. 1695Lond. Gaz. No. 3059/1 Assistants of the Chief Mourner were two Dutchesses, twelve Countesses, and four Baronesses. 1822Byron Werner iv. i. 65 He is to espouse the gentle Baroness. 1884Harper's Mag. July 260/2 A baroness in her own right. |