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baronet
[ bar-uh-nit, bar-uh-net ]
noun
- a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
Sir John Smith, Bart.
baronet
/ -ˌnɛt; ˈbærənɪt /
noun
- (in Britain) a commoner who holds the lowest hereditary title of honour, ranking below a baron AbbreviationBart.Bt
Other Words From
- baro·neti·cal adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of baronet1
Example Sentences
It is the prerogative of a viscount or a baron to make a person feel small, and of a baronet to extinguish him.
Needless to say, the Worcestershire baronet had returned to his ancestral acres a sadder but a wiser man.
A baronet scientifically skilled in pugilism, enjoyed no pleasure so much as giving gratuitous instructions in his favorite art.
The Baronet made three hundred a year out of this coach, and got his sport out of it for nothing.
The baronet saw that Richard, half-fuddled, was ripe for any confidences that might aim at the destruction of his enemy.
The right honourable baronet prefaced his motion by a speech of two hours' duration.
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