Baron :: Baron (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount..

Baron :: Baron (n.) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife..

Baronage :: Baronage (n.) The whole body of barons or peers.

Baronage :: Baronage (n.) The dignity or rank of a baron.

Baronage :: Baronage (n.) The land which gives title to a baron.

Baroness :: Baroness (n.) A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts..

Baronet :: Baronet (n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners..

Baronetage :: Baronetage (n.) State or rank of a baronet.

Baronetage :: Baronetage (n.) The collective body of baronets.

Baronetcy :: Baronetcy (n.) The rank or patent of a baronet.

Baronial :: Baronial (a.) Pertaining to a baron or a barony.

Baronies :: Baronies (pl. ) of Baron.

Barony :: Barony (n.) The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron..

Barony :: Barony (n.) In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a native chief. There are 252 of these baronies. In Scotland, an extensive freehold. It may be held by a commoner..

Chief Baron :: Chief baron () The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.

Court-baron :: Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse..

Covert Baron :: Covert baron () Under the protection of a husband; married.

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