baronynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbær.ən.i/us/ˈber.ən.i/the rank of a baron, or the land owned by a baron
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Royalty, aristocracy & titles
- accession
- archduke
- aristocracy
- aristocrat
- baron
- er
- esquire
- grace
- hereditary peer
- Highness
- Mr
- Mrs
- nobility
- noble
- nobleman
- sire
- sovereign
- squire
- sultan
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Examples from literature
- It is now well established by precedent that a daughter can inherit a barony by writ.
- She had long told him his real name, and urged him to demand from his father an acknowledgment of his being heir to the proud barony of the Bruce.
- The amount for a barony depended upon the King's pleasure.
- The mutual relations of rival baronies were by no means like those of rival clans or tribes in pre-Roman days.
- Won't all the boys in the barony be glad to be free from the traitor, and to have the true heir come to be their master.