Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In Germany and Austria, a baron.
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Examples
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Constance, the freiherr received him seated, because, as he said, he held his lands in fee of none but the sun.
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While the German nobility was officially abolished in 1919, aristocrats were allowed to keep their castles - as well as their elaborate names, usually punctuated with freiherr
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