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单词 baronet
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baronetn.

/ˈbarənɪt/
Forms: Middle English baronete, Middle English–1500s baronette, 1600s barronett, Middle English– baronet.
Etymology: diminutive of baron n.: see -et suffix1.
1. originally. A word meaning young, little, or lesser baron, found as a title from the 14th cent. According to Spenser ( State of Ireland) originally applied to gentlemen, not barons by tenure, summoned to the House of Lords by Edward III; perhaps to the heirs of barons summoned by writ in their fathers' life-time. Applied in Ireland to the holder of a small barony. Often used as synonymous with banneret n. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > baron or baroness > [noun] > baron > baronet or lesser baron
baroneta1400
a1400 Chester Pl. 172 All that heare be sette, Barrones, burges and baronete.
c1460 Launfal 56 No nother man was yn halle ysette, But he wer prelat, other baronette.
c1475 in Wright Voc. 262 Barunculus, baronet.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. liii. 75 He departed fro Gaunt with vii. erles of his contrey, viii. prelates, xxviii. baronettes [Fr. vingt-huit bannerets], ii. C. knyghtes.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 100 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The which Barons they say, were not afterwardes Lords, but onely Baronets, as sundry of them doe yet retayne the name.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. iii. iii. 157 Thomastowne, and the ancient City Rheban, now a poore Village with a Castle, yet of old giuing the title of Baronet.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Berks. 111 Ancient Baronets..promiscuously blended with Bannerets, (Sir Ralph Fane in a Patent passed unto him, is expressly term'd a Baronet).
2. Now, a titled order, the lowest that is hereditary, ranking next below a baron, having precedence of all orders of knighthood, except that of the Garter. A baronet is a commoner, the principle of the order being ‘to give rank, precedence, and title without privilege.’They consist of Baronets of England (now of Great Britain) instituted in 1611, to raise money for the settlement of Ulster by the fees paid for the dignity; Baronets of Scotland (or of Nova Scotia) instituted 1625 for the encouragement of the planting and settling of Nova Scotia; Baronets of Ireland instituted 1619. Of the two latter there have been no new creations since 1707 and 1801 respectively.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > position of commander in an order > baronet
banneret1297
baronet1614
knight baronet1632
Bar1720
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for knight > for baronet
baronet1614
Barta1771
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > [noun] > position of commander in an order > baronet > baronetess
baronetess1652
baronet1855
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 355 Baronet became a new erected distinct Title vnder our present Soueraigne.
1702 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. iv. 169 The next degree to Barons, are Baronets, which is the lowest degree of Honour that is Hereditary.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Baronet, and his eldest Son being of full Age, may claim Knighthood.
1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 195 The prosecutor of the worthy baronet.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xiii. 183 Baronets with titles older than the creation.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix A decided majority of..rustic baronets and squires.
3. baronet's hand: the ‘bloody hand,’ or hand gules in a field argent (the arms of Ulster), granted by James I to English baronets to be borne on a canton or in an escutcheon on their shield, in allusion to the purpose for which the order was instituted.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of human or divine beings > [noun] > hand > red hand of Ulster
bloody handc1571
baronet's hand1710
red-hand1795
1710 London Gaz. No. 4654/3 Two Salts, Ermine and Baronets Hand, 1 Saucepan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

baronetv.

Brit. /ˈbarənᵻt/, /ˈbarn̩ᵻt/, /ˈbarənɛt/, /ˈbarn̩ɛt/, /ˌbarəˈnɛt/, U.S. /ˈbɛrəˌnɛt/
Forms: Past tense and participle -eted.
Etymology: < baronet n.; compare to knight.
transitive. To raise to the rank of baronet. (Mostly in passive.)
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > raising to noble rank > ennoble [verb (transitive)] > invest with rank or title > dub (a knight) > make into a baronet
baroneta1734
baronetize1860
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. ⁋73 He had deserved to have been Baronetted.
1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 116 I have long expected that Scott would be baronetted.
1872 M. Collins Two Plunges for Pearl III. viii. 210 The unfortunate gentlemen whom I notice as being knighted or baroneted.
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