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Bart
an abbreviation of the title baronet, commonly written after the name of one who holds that rank, to supplement the prefixed Sir, also given to a Knight; e.g. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart.
a1771T. Martin Hist. Thetford (1779) xxii. 285 The rev. Sir John Cullum, bart. of Hardwicke. 1793W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 14 Mar. (1965) 72 Dined at Foremark—the Bart delighted with the carnage of the French. 1813Thompson in Examiner 26 Apr. 270/2 When he saw Bart. against a man's name, he thought it stood for ‘bartered.’ 1887W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore (1963) i. 104 When I'm a bad Bart, I will tell taradiddles! 1906‘Q’ Mayor of Troy xiv. 188 But if you ask me what was peculiar about the man, he was called Bart.—Sir Samuel Brooks Bart. 1958B. Hamilton Too much of Water iii. 46 We've really got a frightfully distinguished company on board. There's the Bart of course. |