Baron

Definitions

1. A surname from French
2. The male ruler of a barony.
3. A surname from German
4. A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
5. A surname from Polish
6. A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.
   broadly
7. A surname from Ukrainian
8. A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling goods such as tobacco.
   UK, slang
9. A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.
10. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.
11. A husband.
    obsolete

Equivalents

39 more languages

العربيةالبارونبارون

Azərbaycan dilibaron

Българскибарон

Bosanskibarobaronbarunбаронмагнат+ 2 more

Catalàbaró

Češtinabaron

Danskbaron

Ελληνικάβαρόνος

Esperantobarono

Eestiparun

فارسیبارون

Suomiparonivapaaherra

Gaeilgebarún

Gàidhligmaor

Galegobarón

Hrvatskibarobaronbarunбаронмагнат+ 2 more

Magyarbáró

Հայերենբարոն

Bahasa Indonesiabaron

Íslenskabarón

Italianobarone

日本語男男爵

ភាសាខ្មែរឃុន

한국어남작

Kurdîbarobaron

Latinabārō

Lietuviųbaronas

Latviešubarons

Македонскибарон

Nederlandsbaron

Polskibaron

Portuguêsbarão

Русскийбарон

Српскиbarobaronbarunбаронмагнат+ 2 more

Svenskabaron

Türkçebaron

Українськамагнат

O'zbekchabaron

Tiếng Việtnam tước

Examples

“There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.”

“British journalists shun complete⟳ respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press⟳ barons will only defy the mighty so far.”

“The first thing a baron does is to accumulate a supply⟳ of tobacco. He spends every penny he can earn⟳ on laying it in […]”

“Nevertheless, from my own⟳ agonies of the first few months, after which I did not miss⟳ smoking at all, I could appreciate the need⟳ of others. It was in this atmosphere of craving that the 'barons' thrived. Barons are prisoners who lend⟳ tobacco.”

“In British prisons tobacco still remains the gold standard which is made to back every transaction and promise⟳. The official allowance is barely sufficient for individual smoking needs, but tobacco may expensively be borrowed or bought from a baron, possibly through his runner.”

“Such portentous appetites had Queequeg and Tashtego, that to fill⟳ out the vacancies made by the previous repast, often the pale Dough-Boy was fain to bring⟳ on a great baron of salt-junk, seemingly quarried out of the solid ox.”

“baron and femme”

husband and wife

CEFR level