See Also: Red Baron, the(dictionary)
baron(dictionary)
baron(encyclopedia)
baron(dictionary)
Baron de Ley, S.A.(finance)
BARON(law)
Baron(medicine)
CURSITOR BARON, Eng(law)
baron (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Richthofen, Baron von(dictionary)

baron (iou)



baron noun. ME.

I.
Hist. A person who derived a title, by military or other honourable service, from the king or other superior; a noble, a peer, esp. any of those summoned to attend Parliament; Scot. a holder of a barony (sense 3). ME.
A member of the lowest order of the British or Irish nobility. ME.
b. A holder of a similar foreign title. L19.
Applied to Christ and the saints, or to any man out of respect. rare. ME.
Hist. A freeman of London, York, or certain other cities; a freeman or a burgess of the Cinque Ports. LME.
Hist. A judge of the Court of Exchequer. LME.
Law (now Hist.) & Heraldry. Husband (conjoined with fem(m)e). LME.
A magnate in industry, finance, etc. (usu. with specifying word, as beef baron, press baron); gen. a powerful or influential person. Orig. US. E19.
II.
baron of beef, a joint consisting of two sirloins left joined at the backbone. M18.
Comb.: baron-bailie Scottish History a deputy appointed by a baron to exercise the latter's jurisdiction in a court; baron court Hist. = COURT-BARON.
baronry noun = BARONY LME-M18.