Baroness

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  • noun. undefined
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The female ruler of a barony. The male equivalent is baron.
    • 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
    • Word Usage
    "ANNOUNCER: Thatcher retired from Parliament in 1992 and was given the title baroness, but politics remained her passion."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lady  noblewoman  peeress  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    countess  d'aiguillon  duchess  empress  helpmeet  
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