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baroness

Noun

bar=on=ess

WORDNET DICTIONARY

baroness(n = noun.person) - a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron;

baroness, n.

A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. [1913 Webster]

baroness, n.
1 a woman holding the rank of baron either as a life peerage or as a hereditary rank.
2 the wife or widow of a baron.

Etymology

ME f. OF baronesse (as BARON)

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