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单词 baroness
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baronessn.

Brit. /ˈbarənᵻs/, /ˈbarənɛs/, /barəˈnɛs/, U.S. /ˈbɛrənəs/
Forms: Middle English barnesse, baronys, barones, baronesse, baronnesse, 1500s– baroness.
Etymology: < Old French barnesse, -onnesse, in medieval Latin baronissa : see baron n. and -ess suffix1.
(a) The wife of a baron. (b) A lady holding a baronial title ‘in her own right’.
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baronessc1420
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 116 Bothe erlys and barnesse and ladyes clere.
c1420 in Wright Voc. 194/2 Baronissa, baronys.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) ciii. 139 Theexample of a baronnesse or wyf of a baron.
1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII xiii. §28 Any Duchess, Marquess, Countess, Viscountess, or Baroness.
1695 London Gaz. No. 3059/1 Assistants of the Chief Mourner were two Dutchesses, twelve Countesses, and four Baronesses.
1822 Ld. Byron Werner iv. i. 65 He is to espouse the gentle Baroness.
1884 Harper's Mag. July 260/2 A baroness in her own right.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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