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baroness

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bar⋅on⋅ess

  [bar-uh-nis]
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–noun
1. the wife of a baron.
2. a woman holding a baronial title in her own right.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME baronnesse < AF, MF (see baron, -ess ); r. ME barnesse < AF, OF

Usage note:
See -ess.
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bar·on·ess   (bār'ə-nĭs)   
n.  

    1. The wife or widow of a baron.

    2. A woman holding the title to a barony.

  2. Used as the title for such a noblewoman.

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