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单词 baronetcy
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Definition of baronetcy in English:

baronetcy

nounPlural baronetcies ˈbar(ə)nɪtsiˈbɛrənɛtsi
  • The rank of a baronet.

    he received a baronetcy for loyalty to the Crown
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On his father's death in 1869 he inherited the baronetcy and the proprietorship of the Athenaeum and Notes and Queries.
    • The 51-year-old inherited the baronetcy from his late father, Sir Denis, who had the hereditary title bestowed upon him after his wife ceased to be prime minister.
    • Some wreckage from the ship was recovered, it was properly decided that the presumptive heir to the baronetcy was lost at sea, and would not be returning.
    • If you are the twenty-third baronet of Mortshire, you cannot pass your baronetcy to the street urchin you took in thirty years ago and raised as if he were your son.
    • He became physician general to the Army in the Austrian war of succession, was appointed physician to King George III, was knighted in 1762 and later received a baronetcy.
    • This postwar English Home Counties childhood was a mixture of rather grand family, with a baronetcy somewhere vaguely in the background, of big houses with large gardens, and absolutely no money.
    • Elgar received many honours, including a knighthood in 1904, the Order of Merit in 1911, and a baronetcy in 1931.
    • Then again, this Oxford-educated public schoolboy is the heir to a baronetcy, which could explain his fondness for formal attire.
    • Family documents and pictures show that the de Bertouch family can trace its baronetcy back at least to 1387.
    • In 1911 Osler received a baronetcy and became Sir William.
    • He was rewarded for his faithful service by a baronetcy in 1660.
    • Offered a knighthood, Barrie mysteriously turned it down, only to accept a baronetcy later.
    • He went to the House of Lords in 1974 as Labour's frontbench spokesman on social security, choosing Coslany, in Norwich, for his baronetcy.
    • Louis XVIII created a baronetcy for him in 1816.
    • None of the bad publicity prevented him from inheriting a baronetcy - and the title Sir - when his father died last year.
    • He succeeded to the baronetcy of the Binns in 1973, but does not use his title.
    • As a result, Simpson was awarded a baronetcy in 1866.
    • He was educated, he tells us, at expensive private schools, speaks with a languid upper-class voice, lives in a very nice house and has a semi-dormant baronetcy.
    • His horse got to be prime minister, and he apparently sold a chart-topping number of dukedoms, earldoms and baronetcies.
    • His eldest son was given a baronetcy in his honour.
 
 

Definition of baronetcy in US English:

baronetcy

nounˈberənetsēˈbɛrənɛtsi
  • The rank of a baronet.

    he received a baronetcy for loyalty to the Crown
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Louis XVIII created a baronetcy for him in 1816.
    • On his father's death in 1869 he inherited the baronetcy and the proprietorship of the Athenaeum and Notes and Queries.
    • The 51-year-old inherited the baronetcy from his late father, Sir Denis, who had the hereditary title bestowed upon him after his wife ceased to be prime minister.
    • His horse got to be prime minister, and he apparently sold a chart-topping number of dukedoms, earldoms and baronetcies.
    • This postwar English Home Counties childhood was a mixture of rather grand family, with a baronetcy somewhere vaguely in the background, of big houses with large gardens, and absolutely no money.
    • Offered a knighthood, Barrie mysteriously turned it down, only to accept a baronetcy later.
    • He went to the House of Lords in 1974 as Labour's frontbench spokesman on social security, choosing Coslany, in Norwich, for his baronetcy.
    • Elgar received many honours, including a knighthood in 1904, the Order of Merit in 1911, and a baronetcy in 1931.
    • In 1911 Osler received a baronetcy and became Sir William.
    • His eldest son was given a baronetcy in his honour.
    • He was rewarded for his faithful service by a baronetcy in 1660.
    • Some wreckage from the ship was recovered, it was properly decided that the presumptive heir to the baronetcy was lost at sea, and would not be returning.
    • Then again, this Oxford-educated public schoolboy is the heir to a baronetcy, which could explain his fondness for formal attire.
    • He succeeded to the baronetcy of the Binns in 1973, but does not use his title.
    • He was educated, he tells us, at expensive private schools, speaks with a languid upper-class voice, lives in a very nice house and has a semi-dormant baronetcy.
    • Family documents and pictures show that the de Bertouch family can trace its baronetcy back at least to 1387.
    • If you are the twenty-third baronet of Mortshire, you cannot pass your baronetcy to the street urchin you took in thirty years ago and raised as if he were your son.
    • As a result, Simpson was awarded a baronetcy in 1866.
    • None of the bad publicity prevented him from inheriting a baronetcy - and the title Sir - when his father died last year.
    • He became physician general to the Army in the Austrian war of succession, was appointed physician to King George III, was knighted in 1762 and later received a baronetcy.
 
 
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