Baron
Bar·on
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.
- A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife. (Old Law) [R.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Baron of beef
- two sirloins not cut asunder at the backbone.
- Barons of the Cinque Ports
- formerly members of the House of Commons, elected by the seven Cinque Ports, two for each port.
- Barons of the exchequer
- the judges of the Court of Exchequer, one of the three ancient courts of England, now abolished.