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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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 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
There was no chance of anyone coming forward to claim the family honours, and the name of Strahan was dropped out of the book of the baronetage of England for ever.
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Rank is rank; but your father has absorbed notions which disgrace his baronetage.
From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick
An old English gentleman was wont to declare that more of disagreeable eccentricity is to be found amongst members of the baronetage than amongst those of any other order of men.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various
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