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baronetage

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

baronets collectively.
baronetcy.

Origin of baronetage

First recorded in 1710–20; baronet + -age
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Historical Examples of baronetage

  • The landlady recognised his baronetage with a little courtesy.

    Willing to Die

    Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

  • For Precedency due to Baronets and their wives a Baronetage should be consulted.

  • Rank is rank; but your father has absorbed notions which disgrace his baronetage.

    Olla Podrida

    Frederick Marryat

  • Adm. I said many years, long before my name was added to the baronetage.

    Olla Podrida

    Frederick Marryat

  • Burke's Peerage and Baronetage is now quite a national annual.

    Notes on Nursing

    Florence Nightingale

British Dictionary definitions for baronetage

baronetage

noun

the order of baronets; baronets collectively
the rank of a baronet; baronetcy
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