baronet
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- baronetical adjective
Etymology
Origin of baronet
Example Sentences
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The baronet and his wife said the decision was due to a desire to retire and do other things after decades working to maintain the large estate.
From BBC
She is also cushioned by wealth, her father being a baronet with connections and a country estate.
From Seattle Times
He’s also a baronet, master of an estate near a coal-mining village in the Midlands.
From New York Times
His father — at least, according to his birth certificate — was Sir Edward Lindsay-Hogg, a baronet of Rotherfield Hall in East Sussex, England.
From New York Times
Born into the family of an English baronet, young Lindsay-Hogg grew up among the small world of Hollywood royalty.
From Salon
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