baronetage

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

/ ˈbær ə nɪt ɪdʒ, -ˌnɛt- /

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noun

baronets collectively.

baronetcy.

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Origin of baronetage

First recorded in 1710–20; baronet + -age

Words nearby baronetage

baron, baronage, Baron-Cohen, baroness, baronet, baronetage, baronetcy, baronetess, baronetize, barong, barong tagalog

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How to use baronetage in a sentence

Lodge's Peerage and Baronetage is acknowledged to be the most complete, as well as the most elegant, work of the kind.
Mattie:--A Stray (Vol 3 of 3)|Frederick William Robinson
The landlady recognised his baronetage with a little courtesy.
Willing to Die|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Why does not some one publish a list of the young male nobility and baronetage, their names, weights, and probable fortunes?
The Newcomes|William Makepeace Thackeray
It leaves out of sight the most endearing, because the most human, trait of the baronetage—its pecuniary origin.
Collections and Recollections|George William Erskine Russell

So I told a puppy of a nephew of mine, who would go and buy a baronetage, forsooth—disinherited him!
Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth

British Dictionary definitions for baronetage

baronetage

/ (ˈbærənɪtɪdʒ) /

noun

the order of baronets; baronets collectively

the rank of a baronet; baronetcy

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