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Definition of: baron
(bar′ən) noun
1. A member of the lowest order of hereditary nobility in several European countries; also, the dignity or rank itself. The title was used at first in England to designate one who held land by military or other honorable service.
2. U.S. One who has great power in a commercial field: a coal baron.
3. In the Middle Ages, a feudal tenant of the king; a noble. ◆Homophone: barren. [<OF <LL baro, -onis man <Gmc.]
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