Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The wife or widow of a baron.
- noun A woman holding the title to a barony.
- noun Used as the title for such a noblewoman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wife of a baron, or (in a few cases in England) a lady holding a baronial title as a peeress in her own right.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The female ruler of a
barony . The male equivalent isbaron .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
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Examples
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ANNOUNCER: Thatcher retired from Parliament in 1992 and was given the title baroness, but politics remained her passion.
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She had been awarded a title baroness by the time she joined us the fall of '93.
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But on my forefinger I wore a heavy gold ring -- the gift of a certain German baroness whose name I may not mention.
Adventures Of Gerard Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1903
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But on my forefinger I wore a heavy gold ring -- the gift of a certain German baroness whose name I may not mention.
The Adventures of Gerard Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1903
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But on my forefinger I wore a heavy gold ring -- the gift of a certain German baroness whose name I may not mention.
The Adventures of Gerard Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1903
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But on my forefinger I wore a heavy gold ring -- the gift of a certain German baroness whose name I may not mention.
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If, that is, the baroness is the Master Criminal. "
The Mummy Case Peters, Elizabeth 1985
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Mr. ROCCA: But the baroness was a real horrible person.
Opening Panel Round 2010
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The baroness was the one who secured my access to the museum in Austria for my research on the Spear of Destiny.
The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010
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There is a dreadful second rater in The House of Lords called baroness Scotland: hope she gets the Order of The Boot along with Amos
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