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baronet

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bar·on·et  (br-nt, br-nt)
n.
1. A man holding a British hereditary title of honor reserved for commoners, ranking immediately below the barons and above all orders of knighthood except the Garter.
2. Abbr. Bart. or Bt. Used as the title for such a man.
[Middle English, diminutive of baron, baron; see baron.]
baronet [ˈbærənɪt -ˌnɛt]
n
(History / Heraldry) (in Britain) a commoner who holds the lowest hereditary title of honour, ranking below a baron Abbreviations Bart., Bt
[order instituted 1611, from baron + -et]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.baronet - a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart."
Bart
aristocrat, blue blood, patrician - a member of the aristocracy
Translations
baronet [ˈbærənɪt] N → baronet m
baronet [ˈbærənɛt ˈbærənət] (British) n (= nobleman) → baronnet m
baronet
n → Baronet m
baronet [ˈbærənɪt] n → baronetto
baronet [ˈbærənɪt] n → baronetto


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Close by the name of Sir Pitt Crawley, Baronet (the subject of the present memoir), are written that of his brother, the Reverend Bute Crawley (the great Commoner was in disgrace when the reverend gentleman was born), rector of Crawley-cum-Snailby, and of various other male and female members of the Crawley family.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
There was not a baronet from A to Z whom her feelings could have so willingly acknowledged as an equal.
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Sir Leicester Dedlock is only a baronet, but there is no mightier baronet than he.
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