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Baron

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bar⋅on

  [bar-uhn]
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–noun
1. a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
2. (in Britain)
a. a feudal vassal holding his lands under a direct grant from the king.
b. a direct descendant of such a vassal or his equal in the nobility.
c. a member of the House of Lords.
3. an important financier or industrialist, esp. one with great power in a particular area: an oil baron.
4. a cut of mutton or lamb comprising the two loins, or saddle, and the hind legs.
Compare baron of beef.

Origin:
1200–50; ME < AF, OF < LL barōn- (s.of barō) man < Gmc; sense “cut of beef” perh. by analogy with the fanciful analysis of sirloin as “Sir Loin”

Ba⋅ron

  [ba-rawn]
–noun
Mi⋅chel  [mee-shel] , (Michel Boyron), 1653–1729, French actor.

Del⋅a⋅ware

  [del-uh-wair]
–noun, plural -wares, (especially collectively) -ware for 5.
1. Baron. De La Warr, 12th Baron.
2. a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 595,225; 2057 sq. mi. (5330 sq. km). Capital: Dover. Abbreviation: DE (for use with zip code), Del.
3. a city in central Ohio. 18,780.
4. a river flowing S from SE New York, along the boundary between Pennsylvania and New Jersey into Delaware Bay. 296 mi. (475 km) long.
5. a member of a grouping of North American Indian peoples, comprising the Munsee, Unami, and Unalachtigo, formerly occupying the drainage basin of the Delaware River, the lower Hudson River valley, and the intervening area.
6. the Eastern Algonquian language of any of the Delaware peoples.
7. Horticulture.
a. a red vinifera grape grown for table use that yields a white wine.
b. the vine bearing this fruit.
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bar·on   (bār'ən)   
n.  

    1. A British nobleman of the lowest rank.

    2. A nobleman of continental Europe, ranked differently in various countries.

    3. A Japanese nobleman of the lowest rank.

    4. Abbr. Bn. Used as the title for such a nobleman.

    5. A feudal tenant holding his rights and title directly from a king or another feudal superior.

    6. A lord or nobleman; a peer.

    1. A feudal tenant holding his rights and title directly from a king or another feudal superior.

    2. A lord or nobleman; a peer.

  3. One having great wealth, power, and influence in a specified sphere of activity: an oil baron.

  4. A cut of beef consisting of a double sirloin.


[Middle English, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin.]
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Delaware

State in the eastern United States bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and Maryland to the west and south. Its capital is Dover, and its largest city is Wilmington.

Note: One of the thirteen colonies.
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Word Origin & History

baron 
c.1200, from O.Fr. baron, acc. of ber "military leader," perhaps from Frank. baro "freeman, man;" merged with cognate O.E. beorn "nobleman." Baronet, with dim. suffix, first recorded c.1400.

Delaware 
U.S. state, river, Indian tribe, named for the bay, which was named for Baron (commonly "Lord") De la Warr (Thomas West, 1577-1618), first Eng. colonial governor of Virginia. The family name is attested from 1201, from Delaware in Brasted, Kent, probably ult. from de la werre "of the war" (a warrior), from O.Fr. werre/guerre "war."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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