baronetess

[ bar-uh-ni-tis, bar-uh-net-is ]

noun

1. a woman holding the rank of a baronet in her own right. : Btss
2. the wife or widow of a baronet. : Btss

Word History and Origins

Origin of baronetess¹

First recorded in 1650–60; baronet ( def ) + -ess ( def )

Example Sentences

The Dalstons were a Cumberland family, and Sir William had most probably acquired the Towthorpe estate by his marriage with Anne Bolles, the eldest daughter and coheir of that singular person, Lady Bolles of Heath Hall, the Baronetess, whose curious history is narrated in your interesting “Antiquarian Notices of Lupset, the Heath, and Sharlston.”

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