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bar·onet (-ət)
noun
- a man holding the lowest hereditary British title, below a baron but above a knight: a baronet is addressed as “Sir,” and may add “Bart.” to his name, as Sir John Doe, Bart.
- this title
Etymology: ME, dim. of baron
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Preposition: of
- name: Chancel, south wall Sir Thomas Samwell ( the 3rd Baronet of that name, who died in 1779 ).
Possessives
- friend: Royce has been the baronet's best friend for years; and his daughter undoubtedly adored him.
Converse of object
- create: His son, George was created a baronet of Nova Scotia in 1666.
Adjective modifier
- 5th: Sir John Fleming Leicester, the 5th Baronet was created Baron de Tabley in 1826.
Preposition: in
- year: Treves was created a baronet in the same year.
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No little lily-handed baronet he, A great broad-shouldered genial Englishman, A lord of fat prize-oxen and of sheep, A raiser of huge melons and of pine, A patron of some thirty charities, A pamphleteer on guano and on grain.
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