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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Baron

Bar"on\, n. [OE. baron, barun, OF. baron, accus. of ber, F. baron, prob. fr. OHG. baro (not found) bearer, akin to E. bear to support; cf. O. Frisian bere, LL. baro, It. barone, Sp. varon. From the meaning bearer (of burdens) seem to have come the senses strong man, man (in distinction from woman), which is the oldest meaning in French, and lastly, nobleman. Cf. L. baro, simpleton. See Bear to support.]

1. 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.

Note: "The tenants in chief from the Crown, who held lands of the annual value of four hundred pounds, were styled Barons; and it is to them, and not to the members of the lowest grade of the nobility (to whom the title at the present time belongs), that reference is made when we read of the Barons of the early days of England's history . . . . Barons are addressed as 'My Lord,' and are styled 'Right Honorable.' All their sons and daughters 'Honorable."' --Cussans.

2. (Old Law) A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife. [R.] --Cowell.

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.

Baron of the exchequer, the judges of the Court of Exchequer, one of the three ancient courts of England, now abolished.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : baron
Spanish: barón; baronesa,
German: der Baron,
Japanese: 男爵
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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