English to English
baron
('b/&/r/@/n
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noun (n)
- a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a British peer of the lowest rank(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman(noun.person)Example:
An oil baron.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(noun)source: webster1913