noun
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the order of baronets; baronets collectively
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the rank of a baronet; baronetcy
Etymology
Origin of baronetage
Example Sentences
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When she returned in triumph to England, she coaxed her foolish husband to appropriate some of his rupee riches to the purchase of a baronetage.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter
First to revive the baronetage, and then, after some fifteen or twenty years more of faithful service, to become Baron Rokestone, of Dorracleugh.
From Willing to Die by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
"Have the goodness, if you please, to hand me the baronetage."
From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Samuel Warren
About the year 1795 the baronetage was revived, and William Feltram enjoyed the title for fifteen years, as Sir William Mardykes.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
He was a knight of the shire, and had refused a baronetage, and, it was said, had his eye on a peerage.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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