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A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife. [R.] Cowell. Baron of beef, two sirloins not cut asunder at the backbone. -- Barons of the Cinque Ports, formerly members of the House of Commons, elected by the seven Cinque Ports, two for each port. -- Baron of the exchequer, the judges of the Court of Exchequer, one…

The whole body of barons or peers. The baronage of the kingdom. Bp. Burnet.

A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.

State or rank of a baronet.

The rank or patent of a baronet.

A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands.

Pertaining to a baron or a barony. "Baronial tenure." Hallam.

The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.

The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.

An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.

Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.

See Baronet.

Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.] Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.

ks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. Thackeray. We saw our baggage following below. Johnson.

A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.

e; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. Throngs of knights and barons bold. Milton.

often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.

Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron.

Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. Burrill.