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Baronet

Baronet Meaning & Definition
Baronet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Baronet?

[n] 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."

Synonyms | Synonyms for Baronet: Bart

Related Terms | Find terms related to Baronet: archduke | aristocrat | armiger | bachelor | banneret | baron | Bayard | blue blood | Brahman | caballero | cavalier | chevalier | companion | count | daimio | Don Quixote | duke | earl | esquire | Gawain | gentleman | grand duke | grandee | hidalgo | knight | knight bachelor | knight banneret | knight baronet | knight-errant | lace-curtain | laird | Lancelot | landgrave | lord | lordling | magnate | magnifico | margrave | marquis | noble | nobleman | optimate | palsgrave | patrician | peer | Ritter | seigneur | seignior | Sidney | silk-stocking | Sir Galahad | squire | swell | thoroughbred | upper-cruster | viscount | waldgrave

See Also | aristocrat | blue blood | patrician

Baronet In Webster's Dictionary

\Bar"on*et\, n. [Baron + -et.] A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners. Note: The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given by patent. The word, however, in the sense of a lesser baron, was in use long before. ``Baronets have the title of 'Sir' prefixed to their Christian names; their surnames being followed by their dignity, usually abbreviated Bart. Their wives are addressed as 'Lady' or 'Madam'. Their sons are possessed of no title beyond 'Esquire.''' --Cussans.

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