Definition of "baroness" []

• The wife or widow of a baron. (noun)
• A woman holding the title to a barony. (noun)
• Used as the title for such a noblewoman. (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.

• "ANNOUNCER: Thatcher retired from Parliament in 1992 and was given the title baroness, but politics remained her passion."
• "She had been awarded a title baroness by the time she joined us the fall of '93."
• "But on my forefinger I wore a heavy gold ring -- the gift of a certain German baroness whose name I may not mention."