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Definitions: Baron |
BaronNoun1. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank. 2. A British peer of the lowest rank. 3. A very wealthy or powerful businessman: "an oil baron". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Baron" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Baron \Bar"on\, noun. [from Old English expression baron, barun, Old French baron, accus. of ber, French baron, probably from Old High German. baro (not found) bearer, akin to English bear to support; compare to O. Frisian bere, Late Latin expression baro, Italian barone, Spanish varon. From the meaning bearer (of burdens) seem to have come the senses strong man, man (in distinction from woman), which is the oldest meaning in French, and lastly, nobleman. Compare to Latin baro, simpleton. See Bear to support.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Baron properly means a man (Old High German, baro). It was a term applied to a serving-soldier, then to a military chief, and ultimately to a lord. The reverse of this is seen in our word slave (a servile menial), which is the Slavonic word slav (noble, illustrious). Barones vel varrones dicuntur servi militum, qui utique stultissimi sunt servi videlicet stultorum. (Scholiast.) (See Idiot.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Initially, barons were men who held land directly from the monarch. A barony was created in one of two ways: by a writ of summons directing someone to Parliament, or by letters patent. Baronies are thus no longer directly related to land ownership. Unlike many other British peerages a barony can be inheirited by a daugter provided she has no brothers.
The word baron is from an Old French word baro for 'man', that is 'vassal'.
In the late twentieth century non-hereditary life peers were introduced in Britain. These have all been barons, though in principle there is no reason why a life peerage of a higher rank should not be created. Normally Baron X is called Lord X and his wife is called Lady X. In the case of women given life peerages of their own, however, the convention is to style them as Baroness X rather than Lady X. The husband of a Baroness in her own right does not recive a style.
Baron is the name of several communes in France:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Baron."
Synonyms: BaronSynonyms: big businessman (n), business leader (n), king (n), magnate (n), mogul (n), power (n), top executive (n), tycoon (n). (additional references) |
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Exaggeration | Noun: exaggeration; expansion; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura; extravagance; (nonsense); Baron Munchausen; men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale; fish story, gooseberry |
Judge | Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice; Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor; Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron; Mr. Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice; Baron, Baron of the Exchequer. |
Marriage | Bridesmaid, bridesman, best man; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife. |
Nobility | King; (master); atheling; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate; earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret; baronet, baronetcy; knight, knighthood; count, armiger, laird; signior, seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour; emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave. |
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Screenplays | I have a confession to make to you: Baron, you are a crook. (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones) He's not the Baron, but he sounds drunk, take 'im in (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I want him to know that I, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen am the instrument of his family's demise. (Dune; writing credit: John Harrison) Arise Robin, Baron of Locksley, Earl of Sherwood and Nottingham, and lord of all the lands and manors appertaining thereto. (The Adventures of Robin Hood; writing credit: Norman Reilly Raine ; Seton I. Miller) And then you met the Baron, who was even richer. (Ideal Husband, An; writing credit: Oscar Wilde; Oliver Parker) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Billy Baron Bravo (1971) The Red Baron (1971) Baron Pornos nächtliche Freuden (1969) Fanny Hill Meets the Red Baron (1969) Baron Von Go-Go (1967) | |
Song Titles | Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron (performing artist: The Royal Guardsmen) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Le Baron Desgenettes,.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Marriage a la mode (Plate III) Invented Painted & Published by Wm. Hogarth; Engraved by B. Baron.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Alexander Baron, M.D.].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Baron. / Deveria del. Couché fils dir. Pigeot fils sculp.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Baron Berzelius, M.D., F.R.S. : Late Professor of Chemistry In The University of Stockholm. &c.&c / O.J.Soedermark. C.W. Sharpe.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Baron Dimsdale / Engraved by Ridley.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Baron de Montesquieu | Virtue has need of limits. |
| We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death. | |
| A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century. | |
| Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones. | |
| In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of the state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state. | |
Baron George W. W. Bramwell | The matter does not appear to me now as it appears to have appeared to me then. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | If anyone holding of some escheat (such as the honor of Wallingford, Nottingham, Boulogne, Lancaster, or of other escheats which are in our hands and are baronies) shall die, his heir shall give no other relief, and perform no other service to us than he would have done to the baron if that barony had been in the baron's hand; and we shall hold it in the same manner in which the baron held it. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Some time after the elevation of M. Myriel to the episcopacy, the emperor made him a baron of the empire, at the same time with several other bishops. |
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Business | For example, the China Times Publishing Company has obtained translation and publishing rights by both overseas publishers and local important copyright agents, including Big Apple Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc., and Baron Far Eastern Agents, Ltd. big Apple Tuttle-Mori and Baron are the representatives of several foreign publishing companies. (references) | |
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| "Baron" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 53.99% of the time. "Baron" is used about 751 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 53.99% | 406 | 13,854 |
| Noun (singular) | 46.01% | 346 | 15,378 |
| Total | 100.00% | 751 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Baron" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Baron | Last name | 6,000 | 2,239 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Spain | Baron de Ley, S.A. | United Kingdom | Baron Corporation PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Baron": 1st Baron Beaverbrook ♦ 1st Baron Verulam ♦ Baron Adrian ♦ Baron Alexander von Humboldt ♦ Baron Clive ♦ Baron Clive of Plassey ♦ Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu ♦ Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt ♦ Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben ♦ Baron Georges Cuvier ♦ Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz ♦ Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding ♦ Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier ♦ Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ♦ Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt ♦ Baron Lister ♦ Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton ♦ Baron Munchausen ♦ baron of beef ♦ Baron of the Cinque Ports ♦ Baron of the exchequer ♦ Baron Olivier of Birghton ♦ Baron Snow of Leicester ♦ Baron Verulam ♦ Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt ♦ Chief baron ♦ Covert baron ♦ first Baron Beveridge ♦ first Baron Kelvin ♦ first Baron Lytton ♦ first Baron Macaulay ♦ first Baron Marks of Broughton ♦ first Baron Passfield ♦ first Baron Rutherford ♦ first Baron Rutherford of Nelson ♦ first Baron Tennyson ♦ oil baron ♦ press baron ♦ robber baron ♦ sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale ♦ third Baron Rayleigh. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "Baron": Court-baron, robber-baron. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
baron | 456 |
red baron | 424 |
the birmingham baron | 189 |
le baron | 128 |
baron carter | 93 |
baron barre red scranton wilkes | 75 |
baron baptiste | 69 |
baron davis | 69 |
robber baron | 58 |
baron red scranton | 56 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Baron"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | baron, vryheer. (various references) | |
Albanian | Baron (thane), Manjat (magnate, tycoon). (various references) | |
Arabic | قطب فى حقل من حقول النشاط, النبيل (blue blood, lord, noble, nobleman, peer), البارون. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Пер (Lord), Магнат, Лорд (Lord), Барон. (various references) | |
Chinese | "爵 . (various references) | |
Czech | Baron, Magnát (magnate). (various references) | |
Danish | Baron's skuderartrodese (Baron shoulder arthrodesis). (various references) | |
Dutch | baron. (various references) | |
Esperanto | barono. (various references) | |
Farsi | شخص مهم وبرجسته درهرقسمتی , بارون . (various references) | |
Finnish | vapaaherra, paroni. (various references) | |
French | baron. (various references) | |
German | Freiherr, Baron (magnate). (various references) | |
Greek | 'αρώνοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ְיל ִ"ון, ֱרון, ״וזן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | báró. (various references) | |
Indonesian | baron, gelar bangsawan (earl). (various references) | |
Italian | barone. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "爵 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | バロン , "しゃく. (various references) | |
Korean | 남작. (various references) | |
Manx | barroon, barran. (various references) | |
Papiamen | baron. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aronbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Barão (thane). (various references) | |
Romanian | Baron. (various references) | |
Russian | Магнат, Барон. (various references) | |
Scottish | baran (a baron). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | baron, uticajno lice. (various references) | |
Spanish | Barón. (various references) | |
Swedish | Baron (Lord), Friherre (Lord). (various references) | |
Turkish | Baron (thane). (various references) | |
Ukranian | Командуючий Армі"ю, Магнат, Туз, 'ельможа, Барон, Суддя. (various references) | |
Welsh | bre%yr (chief, nobleman), barwn, arglwydd (lord). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | magnas, magnates, magnati, magnatis, magnato, magnatorum. (various references) |
| Frankish | 200-900 | baro. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Baron": baronage, baronages, baroness, baronesses, baronet, baronetage, baronetages, baronetcies, baronetcy, baronets, barong, barongs, baronial, baronies, baronne, baronnes, barons, barony. (additional references) | |
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"Baron" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abon, aborn, Abrdn, abro, aron, aroon, arron, babon, Baeren, bafoon, Bahro, balon, balrog, banon, Barajna, Barani, Baranov, Baraou, Barbox, bardo, baren, barene, bareon, barian, barin, barjonna, Barko, Barkov, barnon, Baro, barod, barog, Baroin, barol, baronne, Baronta, Barot, barown, Barran, barrin, barrot, bartoni, Barzona, batrun, Bavon, baxon, Bayon, bayron, bazon, Benor, Beorn, beran, beren, berno, Bernod, Bernon, bero, Berol, Berson, bijon, bipon, Bracon, Bradon, brano, braun, Brauron, Bravon, brazon, brno, broan, bron, bronn, Buron, Farjon, faron, Farron, Garon, Gawron, rabon, ubitron. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Baron" (pronounced ba"run) |
| 5 | b a" r u n | barren. |
| 4 | -a" r u n | garron. |
| 3 | -r u n | apron, aspirin, brethren, Buran, cauldron, Chevron, children, citron, doctrine, fibrin, foreign, giron, grandchildren, heron, intron, Marron, matron, octahedron, patron, perron, Philodendron, polyhedron, rhododendron, saffron, schoolchildren, siren, sovereign, sovran, squadron, stepchildren, tetrahedron, Warren. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: barn, boar, bora, born, bran, roan. | |
-2 letters: abo, arb, ban, bar, boa, bra, bro, nab, nob, nor, oar, ora, orb, ran, rob. | |
-3 letters: ab, an, ar, ba, bo, na, no, on, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: barong, barons, barony, baryon, borane, brogan, carbon, corban, roband. | |
+2 letters: bandora, bandore, baronet, barongs, baronne, baryons, begroan, bodhran, boranes, bradoon, broaden, brogans, carbons, corbans, corbina, hagborn, inboard, onboard, proband, probang, rabboni, rainbow, reboant, robands, taborin. | |
+3 letters: abnormal, aborning, aborting, abortion, abrasion, airborne, airbound, anaerobe, banderol, bandoras, bandores, bankroll, bannerol, baritone, baronage, baroness, baronets, baronial, baronies, baronnes, barranco, baryonic, barytone, baseborn, baudrons, begroans, betatron, bevatron, bigaroon, blazoner, blazonry, boarding, boardman, boardmen, bodhrans, boneyard, borating, boundary, braconid, bradoons, bravoing, broadens, bronchia, browband, bryozoan, carbinol, carbonic, carbonyl, corbinas, cornball, corybant, debonair, garbanzo, hornbeam, inboards, ironbark, jawboner, laboring, nabobery, nonbrand, nonlabor, nonurban, obtainer, osnaburg, panbroil, probands, probangs, rabbonis, rainbows, rawboned, reobtain, roborant, runabout, seaborne, searobin, taborine, taboring, taborins, turbofan. | |
+4 letters: abandoner, abhorrent, abhorring, abnegator, abnormals, aborigine, abortions, abrasions, abruption, absconder, absorbant, absorbent, absorbing, adsorbent, adsorbing, anaerobes, anaerobic, antilabor, arabinose, banderole, banderols, bandoleer, bandolier, bankrolls, bannerols, barbitone, baritonal, baritones, barnstorm, baronages, baronetcy, barracoon, barrancos, barytones, begroaned, betatrons, bevatrons, bigaroons, binocular, blazoners, boardings, bombardon, boneyards, boogerman, boomerang, braconids, breakdown, broaching, broadband, broadened, broadness, brocading, bromating, bromelain, brominate, bronchial, browbands, bryozoans, carbamino, carbanion, carbinols, carbonade, carbonado, carbonara, carbonate, carbonize, carbonyls, cornballs, cornbread, corybants, earthborn, embryonal, forebrain, garbanzos, habergeon, harboring, hardbound, honorable, honorably, hornbeams, horsebean, ignorable, incubator, ironbarks, jaborandi, jawboners, labouring, libration, myrobalan, nonarable, nonbinary, nonverbal, obscurant, observant, obtainers, osnaburgs, panbroils, probating, probation, reobtains, roborants, runabouts, searobins, signboard, snowboard, subnormal, taborines, tabouring, thornback, turbofans, turnabout, vibration, warbonnet. | |
+5 letters: abandoners, aberration, abhorrence, abjuration, abnegators, abnormally, abominator, aboriginal, aborigines, abreaction, abrogating, abrogation, abruptions, absconders, absorbance, absorbancy, absorbants, absorbency, absorbents, absorption, adsorbents, antibaryon, arabinoses, arborizing, background, banderoles, bandoleers, bandoliers, bankrolled, bankroller, barbitones, barhopping, barleycorn, barnstorms, baronesses, baronetage, barracoons, baudronses, beachfront, beforehand, begroaning, belaboring, benefactor, benzofuran, binoculars, blackthorn, blazonries, bombarding, bombardons, boomerangs, borderland, boundaries, brainpower, brainstorm, brassbound, breakdowns, breakfront, breastbone, broadening, bromelains, brominated, brominates, brontosaur, browbeaten, buccinator, carabinero, carbanions, carbonades, carbonados, carbonaras, carbonated, carbonates, carbonized, carbonizes, carbonless, carbonnade, carbonylic, collarbone, contraband, contrabass, cornbreads, cornerback, corybantes, corybantic, debonairly, earthbound, embargoing, emblazoner, emblazonry, endorsable, exorbitant, floribunda, forbearing, forebrains, governable, habergeons, halocarbon, handbarrow, harbouring, hibernator, honourable, horsebeans, incubators, incubatory, inexorable, inexorably, inoperable, jaborandis, liberation, librations, linerboard, lobsterman, loganberry, marrowbone, membranous, myrobalans, naboberies, narrowband, neoliberal, nonbearing, nondurable, nonlibrary, obscurants, observance, observants, obturating, obturation, outbargain, outbarking, outbraving, overbaking, overbeaten, panbroiled, paperbound, parboiling, pardonable, pardonably, pawnbroker, personable, ponderable, probations, punchboard, reasonable, reasonably, reboarding, reobtained, reprobance, riboflavin, roundabout, roundtable, rowanberry, scrubwoman, signboards, snowboards, soundboard, tambourine, tambouring, thornbacks, tobogganer, trabeation, turnabouts, unabsorbed, unprovable, unworkable, urbanology, vibraphone, vibrations, warbonnets, waterborne. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 72 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110010 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a r o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0072 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667848180 |
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