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baronage definition

bar·on·age (bar′ən ij′, ber′-)

noun

  1. the barons as a class
  2. the peerage
  3. barony (sense )

Etymology: ME & OFr barnage < baron

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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