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baronet

[ bar-uh-nit, bar-uh-net ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a member of a British hereditary order of honor, ranking below the barons and made up of commoners, designated by Sir before the name and Baronet, usually abbreviated Bart., after:
Sir John Smith, Bart.

baronet

/ ˈbærənɪt; -ˌnɛt /

(in Britain) a commoner who holds the lowest hereditary title of honour, ranking below a baron AbbreviationBart.Bt

Origin of baronet¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; baron, -et

Origin of baronet¹

C15: order instituted 1611, from baron + -et

It is the prerogative of a viscount or a baron to make a person feel small, and of a baronet to extinguish him.

Needless to say, the Worcestershire baronet had returned to his ancestral acres a sadder but a wiser man.

A baronet scientifically skilled in pugilism, enjoyed no pleasure so much as giving gratuitous instructions in his favorite art.

The Baronet made three hundred a year out of this coach, and got his sport out of it for nothing.

The baronet saw that Richard, half-fuddled, was ripe for any confidences that might aim at the destruction of his enemy.

The right honourable baronet prefaced his motion by a speech of two hours' duration.

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