单词 | baronet |
释义 | baronetn.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. transitive. To raise to the rank of baronet. (Mostly in passive.) ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1400v.a1734 |
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