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baron en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈbæɹən/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio Mary-marry-merry
/ˈbɛɹən/ (New-Zealand)
/ˈbaɾən/ (Scotland, Wales)
/ˈbaɹən/ (British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard)
/ˈbɛɹən/ Mary–marry–merry merger
(Southern-England) audio
bă'rən (General-American)
/ˈbæɹən/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger

Etymology

From Middle English baroun, from Old French baron, from Latin barōnem, from Proto-West Germanic *barō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with Old High German *baro (“human being, man, freeman”), Old English bora (“a man who bears responsibility, one who is in charge, a ruler”), and perhaps to Old English beorn (“man, warrior”). Used in early Germanic law in the sense of "man, human being". A Celtic origin has also been suggested; see the quote under sense 3 of Latin barō. However, the OED takes the hypothetical Proto-Celtic *bar- (“hero”) to be a figment.

Meanings

The male ruler of a barony.
A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
(broadly) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.
- 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. c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys:
- railroad baron
- tech baron
- 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. 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
(UK, slang) A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling goods such as 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. 1980, Leonard Michaels, Christopher Ricks, The State of the Language, page 525:
- 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. 1961, Peter Baker, Time out of life, page 51:
- The first thing a baron does is to accumulate a supply of tobacco. He spends every penny he can earn on laying it in […] 1960, Hugh J. Klare, Anatomy of Prison, page 33:
A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.
- 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. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 34”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.
(obsolete) A husband.
- baron and femme

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
barons	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (65)

uz baron (male ruler of a barony) · de Baron (male ruler of a barony) · et vabahärra (male ruler of a barony) · mnc ᠠᠰᡥᠠᠨ ᡳ ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ (male ruler of a barony) · ar بارون (male ruler of a barony) · haw barona (male ruler of a barony) · ru баро́н (male ruler of a barony) · fi paroni (male ruler of a barony) · et parun (male ruler of a barony) · mi parena (male ruler of a barony) · hy բարոն (male ruler of a barony) · vo baonan (male ruler of a barony) · it barone (male ruler of a barony) · gl barón (male ruler of a barony) · es barón (male ruler of a barony) · hu báró (male ruler of a barony) · haw pālona (male ruler of a barony) · km ឃុន (male ruler of a barony) · fi vapaaherra (male ruler of a barony) · nl baron (male ruler of a barony) · tr baron (male ruler of a barony) · pt barão (male ruler of a barony) · nn baron (male ruler of a barony) · de Freiherr (male ruler of a barony) · sv baron (male ruler of a barony) · nb baron (male ruler of a barony) · ast barón (male ruler of a barony) · sq arhond (male ruler of a barony) · mk властелин (person of power and influence) · th บารอน (male ruler of a barony) · da baron (male ruler of a barony) · ang þeġn (male ruler of a barony) · fa بارون (male ruler of a barony) · pl baron (person of power and influence) · mk барон (male ruler of a barony) · mr बॅरन (male ruler of a barony) · cmn 男爵 (male ruler of a barony) · lv brīvkungs (male ruler of a barony) · lv barons (male ruler of a barony) · ga barúin (male ruler of a barony) · izh baroni (male ruler of a barony) · ca baró (male ruler of a barony) · nrf bâron (male ruler of a barony) · scn baruni (male ruler of a barony) · el βαρόνος (male ruler of a barony) · is barón (male ruler of a barony) · lt baronas (male ruler of a barony) · cs baron (male ruler of a barony) · ota بارون (male ruler of a barony) · pl baron (male ruler of a barony) · sl baron (male ruler of a barony) · ga barún (male ruler of a barony) · fo barónur (male ruler of a barony) · bg баро́н (male ruler of a barony) · th แบรอน (male ruler of a barony) · io barono (male ruler of a barony) · io baronulo (male ruler of a barony) · yi באַראָן (male ruler of a barony) · ja 男爵 (male ruler of a barony) · vi nam tước (male ruler of a barony) · la barō (male ruler of a barony) · az baron (male ruler of a barony) · ko 남작 (male ruler of a barony) · fr baron (male ruler of a barony) · eo barono (male ruler of a barony)

baron en · NOUN

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