baron
pronunciation
How to pronounce baron in British English:
UK [ˈbærən]
How to pronounce baron in American English:
US [ˈbærən]
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- Noun:
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
Word Origin
- baron
- baron: [12] The earliest historical sense of baron, ‘tenant under the feudal system who held his land and title directly from the king’, can be traced back to its probable source, medieval Latin barō, which originally meant simply ‘man’, and hence ‘vassal’ or ‘retainer’. The word was of course brought into English by the Normans, as Anglo-Norman barun, and from earliest times was used as a title for someone belonging to the lowest order of peerage. Some have suggested an ultimate Germanic origin, and compared Old High German baro ‘freeman’.
- baron (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French baron (nominative ber) "baron, nobleman, military leader, warrior, virtuous man, lord, husband," probably from or related to Late Latin baro "man," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Frankish *baro "freeman, man;" merged in England with cognate Old English beorn "nobleman."
Antonym
Example
- 1. Do you want me to go to the bloody baron ?
- 2. Le figaro is owned by a defence baron , serge dassault .
- 3. Marx was an educated prussian married to a baron 's daughter .
- 4. But french baron pierre de coubertin reinstated the games in the late 19th century .
- 5. But over a century later , paleontologists have proven that most of baron von nopsca 's discoveries and theories were legit .