Definition of "baron" []

• A British nobleman of the lowest rank. (noun)
• A nobleman of continental Europe, ranked differently in various countries. (noun)
• A Japanese nobleman of the lowest rank. (noun)
• Used as the title for such a nobleman. (noun)
• A feudal tenant holding his rights and title directly from a king or another feudal superior. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "_ -- On the continent of Europe the title baron, though the same in its origin, has come, owing to a variety of causes, to imply a rank and status very different from its connotation in the United Kingdom, and again varies considerably in different countries."
• "In Japan the title baron (_Dan_) is the lowest of the five titles of nobility introduced in 1885, on the"
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