M. baron
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| —n | |
| 1. | a member of a specific rank of nobility, esp the lowest rank in the British Isles |
| 2. | (in Europe from the Middle Ages) originally any tenant-in-chief of a king or other overlord, who held land from his superior by honourable service; a land-holding nobleman |
| 3. | a powerful businessman or financier: a press baron |
| 4. | English law (formerly) the title held by judges of the Court of Exchequer |
| 5. | short for baron of beef |
| [C12: from Old French, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German baro freeman, Old Norse berjask to fight] | |
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baron
c.1200, from O.Fr. baron (nom. ber) "baron, nobleman, military leader, warrior, virtuous man, lord, husband," perhaps from Frankish baro "freeman, man;" merged with cognate O.E. beorn "nobleman." Related: Baronial (1767).
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