baronet
a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after: Sir John Smith, Bart.
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- bar·o·net·i·cal, adjective
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How to use baronet in a sentence
It is the prerogative of a viscount or a baron to make a person feel small, and of a baronet to extinguish him.
Needless to say, the Worcestershire baronet had returned to his ancestral acres a sadder but a wiser man.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsA baronet scientifically skilled in pugilism, enjoyed no pleasure so much as giving gratuitous instructions in his favorite art.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThe baronet made three hundred a year out of this coach, and got his sport out of it for nothing.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperThe baronet saw that Richard, half-fuddled, was ripe for any confidences that might aim at the destruction of his enemy.
Mistress Wilding | Rafael Sabatini
The right honourable baronet prefaced his motion by a speech of two hours' duration.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
British Dictionary definitions for baronet
/ (ˈbærənɪt, -ˌnɛt) /
(in Britain) a commoner who holds the lowest hereditary title of honour, ranking below a baron: Abbreviation: Bart., Bt
Origin of baronet
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