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Definition: Baroness |
BaronessNoun1. A noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "baroness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1759. (references) |
Crosswords: Baroness |
| English words defined with "baroness": Baroness Dudevant, Baroness Emmusca Orczy, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, baronetcy, barony. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "baroness": Land o'the Leal. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There isn't going to be any Baroness. You see, you can't marry someone when you're in love with someone else. (The Sound of Music; writing credit: Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II) Baroness, a fool is a man who pays twice for the same thing. (Mr. Arkadin; writing credit: Orson Welles;) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Baroness de Nica (1972) The Baroness and the Butler (1938) Pink Baroness (1988) The Baroness (1987) A Baroness and Her Servant (1979) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They vied with each other in calling her Madame the Baroness. |
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| "Baroness" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 78.57% of the time. "Baroness" is used about 224 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) | 78.57% | 176 | 23,410 |
| Noun (singular) | 21.43% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Total | 100.00% | 224 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "baroness": Baroness Dudevant ♦ Baroness Emmusca Orczy ♦ Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth ♦ Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
baroness | 57 |
amos baroness | 10 |
baroness gi joe | 9 |
baroness orczy | 9 |
baroness g.i joe | 5 |
baroness in music sound | 4 |
baroness cobra | 4 |
baroness flint vs | 4 |
baroness hotel | 3 |
baroness scotland | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "baroness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | barones. (various references) | |
Albanian | Baroneshë. (various references) | |
Arabic | البارونة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Баронеса. (various references) | |
Chinese | "爵夫人. (various references) | |
Czech | Baronka. (various references) | |
Dutch | barones. (various references) | |
Esperanto | baronino. (various references) | |
Finnish | vapaaherratar, paronitar. (various references) | |
French | baronne. (various references) | |
Frisian | baronesse. (various references) | |
German | Baronin, Freiherrin, Freifrau (Dame). (various references) | |
Greek | 'αρόνη. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Bárónõ. (various references) | |
Italian | baronessa. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "爵夫人 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "しゃくふじ". (various references) | |
Korean | 남작 부인. (various references) | |
Manx | ben varran. (various references) | |
Papiamen | baronesa. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aronessbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Baronesa. (various references) | |
Romanian | Baroneasã. (various references) | |
Russian | Баронесса. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | baronica. (various references) | |
Spanish | Baronesa. (various references) | |
Swedish | Baronessa. (various references) | |
Turkish | Barones, Baron Karısı, Kadın Baron. (various references) | |
Ukranian | Баронеса. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nam tước phu nhân nữ nam tước. (various references) | |
Welsh | barwnes. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "baroness": baronesses. (additional references) | |
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"Baroness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baconers, barones, baronne, Baronness, barronness, Barrounes, biranese, blagroves, Borness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "baroness" (pronounced 'Bar"on*ess'): Abbess, Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Abscess, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Accentless, Acceptableness, Access, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Actionless, Activeness, Actless, Actress, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adpress, Adroitness, Adulatress, Adulteress, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventuress, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Advoutress, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Afflictionless, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Ageless, Agileness, Agreeableness, Aidless, Aimless, Airiness, Airless, Aisless, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambassadress, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitionless, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amess, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancestress, Anchoress, Anchoritess, Anchorless, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Another-guess, Answerableness, Answerless, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approachless, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Apronless, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Arbitress, Archduchess, Archeress, Architectress, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Armless, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, Artless, ARTLESSNESS, Assess, Assistless, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Auditress, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Authoress, Authorless, Availableness, Avengeress, Averseness, Avoidless, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awless, Awlessness, Awnless, Backhandedness, Backless, Backstress, backwardness, Badgeless, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Bankeress, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barkless, Barrenness, Baseless, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bashless, Bateless, Bawdiness, Beaconless, Beaminess, Beamless, Beardless, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Beautiless, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Benefactress, Beneficeless, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Birthless, Bitless, Bitterness, Blackness, Blameless, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blemishless, Bless, Blessedness, Blindness, Blissless, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloodless, Bloomingness, Bloomless, Blossomless, Blotless, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Blushless, Boastless, Bodiless, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boneless, Boniness, Bonnetless, Bonniness, Bookless, Bootless, Boskiness, Boteless, Bottomless, Boundless, Bournless, Bowelless, Bowess, Bowless, Boyishness, Brackishness, Bractless, Bragless, Brahmaness, Brainless, Branchiness, Branchless, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breadless, Breadthless, Breathableness, Breathless, Breathlessness, Breezeless, Breeziness, Bribeless, Brickleness, Bridgeless, Briefless, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brimless, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Browless, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burgess, Burliness, Bushiness, Bushless, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canoness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Careless, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Carpetless, Casualness, Categoricalness, Cateress, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chaffless, Chainless, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Changeless, Chantress, Chapeless, Chapless, Characterless, Chargeableness, Chargeless, Chariness, Charitableness, Charmeress, Charmless, Chartless, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Checkless, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheerless, Cheesiness, Chideress, Chiefless, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Christless, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchless, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Citess, Citizeness, Claimless, Clamminess. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-n-o-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: boranes, reasons, senoras. | |
-2 letters: arseno, arsons, barons, beanos, boners, borane, broses, reason, sabers, sabres, sarsen, season, senora, senors, sensor, serosa, snares, snores, sobers, sonars. | |
-3 letters: aeons, arose, arses, arson, banes, bares, barns, baron, baser, bases, basso, beano, beans, bears, boars, boner, bones, boras, bores, borne, braes, brans, brass, brens, brose, earns, ebons, nabes, nares, nears, noses, oases, rases, roans, robes, roses, saber, sabes, sabre, saner, sanes, saros, sears, senor, sensa, snare, snobs, snore, soars, sober, sonar, sones, soras, sorbs, sores, sorns. | |
-4 letters: abos, aeon, aero, anes, arbs, ares, arse, bane, bans, bare, barn, bars, base, bass, bean, bear, bens, boar, boas, bone, bora, bore, born, boss, brae, bran, bras, bren, bros, earn, ears, ebon, eons, eras, erns, eros, nabe, nabs, naos, near, nebs, ness, nobs, noes, nose, oars, obes, ones, orbs, ores, osar, oses, ossa, rase, rebs, roan, robe, robs, roes, rose, sabe, sabs, sane, sans, sear, seas, sera, sers, snob, soar, sobs, sone, sons, sora, sorb, sore, sorn. | |
-5 letters: abo, abs, ane, arb, are, ars, ass, ban, bar, bas, ben, boa, bos, bra, bro, ear, ens, eon, era, ern, ers, ess, nab, nae, neb, nob, nor, nos, oar, obe, oes, one, ons, ora, orb, ore, ors, ose, ran, ras, reb, res, rob, roe, sab, sae, sea, sen, ser, sob, son, sos. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-n-o-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: broadness, searobins. | |
+2 letters: absconders, absorbents, adsorbents, arabinoses, baronesses, baudronses, carbonless, horsebeans, observants. | |
+3 letters: absorbances, breastbones, broadnesses, crossbanded, observances, uncrossable. | |
+4 letters: abortiveness, absorbancies, absorbencies, absorptances, adorableness, ambiversions, anaerobioses, anaerobiosis, arabinosides, barnstormers, contrabasses, debonairness, enterobiases, enterobiasis, nonreusables, obdurateness, observations, provableness, scabrousness, snowboarders, subordinates, superabounds, transposable, workableness. | |
+5 letters: arborescences, barbarousness, brainstormers, considerables, counterblasts, dermabrasions, elaborateness, elasmobranchs, favorableness, honorableness, inobservances, laboriousness, memorableness, nonabsorbents, obstetricians, proboscideans, removableness, ribonucleases, salmonberries, subcontraries, suberizations, subterraneous, subversionary, vibrationless. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 72 6F 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-. --- -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110010 01101111 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a r o n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0072 006F 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667848180718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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