A nobleman ranking below an earl or a count and above a baron. 子爵低于侯爵或伯爵但高于男爵的贵族等级
A feudal knight ranking between a knight bachelor and a baron, who was entitled to lead men into battle under his own standard. 方旗爵士一种封建骑士爵位,其勋位在最低级爵士和男爵之间,有权率领随从在自己的方旗下上阵作战
baron
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a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
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a British peer of the lowest rank
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a very wealthy or powerful businessman
<noun.person> an oil baron
Baron \Bar"on\, n. [OE. baron, barun, OF. baron, accus. of ber, F. baron, prob. fr. OHG. baro (not found) bearer, akin to E. bear to support; cf. O. Frisian bere, LL. baro, It. barone, Sp. varon. From the meaning bearer (of burdens) seem to have come the senses strong man, man (in distinction from woman), which is the oldest meaning in French, and lastly, nobleman. Cf. L. baro, simpleton. See {Bear} to support.] 1. A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.
Note: ``The tenants in chief from the Crown, who held lands of the annual value of four hundred pounds, were styled Barons; and it is to them, and not to the members of the lowest grade of the nobility (to whom the title at the present time belongs), that reference is made when we read of the Barons of the early days of England's history. . . . Barons are addressed as `My Lord,' and are styled `Right Honorable.' All their sons and daughters are `Honorable.''' --Cussans.
2. (Old Law) 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.
{Barons of the exchequer}, the judges of the Court of Exchequer, one of the three ancient courts of England, now abolished.
Thane \Thane\ (th[=a]n), n. [OE. thein, [thorn]ein, AS. [thorn]egen, [thorn]egn; akin to OHG. degan a follower, warrior, boy, MHG. degen a hero, G. degen hero, soldier, Icel. [thorn]egn a thane, a freeman; probably akin to Gr. te`knon a child, ti`ktein to bear, beget, or perhaps to Goth. [thorn]ius servant, AS. [thorn]e['o]w, G. dienen to serve.] A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and {baron} took its place.
Note: Among the ancient Scots, thane was a title of honor, which seems gradually to have declined in its significance. --Jamieson.
Pioneer Newspapers Inc. has repurchased minority interest in its stock from Sally Scripps Weston and her daughter, Marion S. Weston, heirs of the late newspaper baron James Scripps.
Mr. Hines formed his own development firm the next year, but didn't start making his mark nationally until 1974, when he introduced Houston oil baron J. Hugh Liedtke to Philip Johnson.
The collection was started by Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, the German steel magnate and father of the present baron, who became a Swiss citizen in 1950.
Rothschild, who changed his name from Mario Cortez Jr. and had claimed to be a baron, faces sentencing Jan. 30.
A group of mercenaries, out to protect "our way of life," as their leader proclaims, has unleashed a string of horrors in order to abduct and spirit to safety a South American drug baron who is being brought to the United States to stand trial.
LONRHO PLC of Britain is discussing the sale of Today, the struggling tabloid newspaper, to the British press baron Robert Maxwell and told the paper's staff yesterday that a sale could be announced early this week, a Today editor said.
The 10-year loan is to be administered by a private foundation set up by the Spanish government and Thyssen, and chaired by the baron.
Another key example of the internationalizing of Hollywood: media baron Rupert Murdoch, whose Australia-based News Corp. owns 20th Century Fox Film Corp.
The latest acquisition would give British media baron Robert Maxwell a chance to put his experience with tabloids in Europe to work in the United States.
Eleven employees of the Medellin cartel were arrested, but the drug baron fled near Puerto Triunfo, 75 miles southeast of Bogota.
The government alleges that Guttierez helped the drug baron escape from Mexico after Caro allegedly masterminded Camarena's murder as revenge for DEA raids on the drug baron's multimillion dollar marijuana operations in Mexico.
The government alleges that Guttierez helped the drug baron escape from Mexico after Caro allegedly masterminded Camarena's murder as revenge for DEA raids on the drug baron's multimillion dollar marijuana operations in Mexico.
Davila is a top executive at Univisa Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Mexico's Televisa entertainment and publishing concern headed by Emilio Azcarraga, the media baron who is The National's biggest shareholder.
Bentsen's father was a self-made land baron in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, and Bentsen earned his own wealth through business dealings in Houston between his service in the House and his return to Washington as a senator.
JOHN Edmonds is a trade union baron who counts himself a moderniser.
To help pay the $3 billion tab for Triangle Publications, Australia's press baron said recently that he plans to sell his 4.5% equity stake in Britain's Reuters, held in News Corp. and elsewhere.
Mr. Maxwell's death marooned the chair and its affiliated maritime-safety unit, as the press baron was its sole benefactor, pumping almost $500 million into research over the past 15 years.
Critics say Lorenzo, the one-time wonder boy of the airline industry unions now label a "robber baron," isn't fazed by the prospect of bankruptcy after a 17-month management-labor slugfest.
The recapitalization plan is Harcourt's response to the offer made a week ago by British Printing, which is controlled by British media baron Robert Maxwell.
The businessman owned a house in Guadalajara that was sold to reputed drug baron Rafael Caro Quintero shortly before the slayings.
The Formentons' 25.7% interest has played a pivotal role in the battle with the media baron Silvio Berlusconi for control of Mondadori, because AMEF controls 50.3% of Mondadori's ordinary share capital.
Take one Bavarian castle and people it with a mad scientist, a smooth German baron, four silly English aristocrats and a sinister Chief of Police, and the show appears to run itself.
The British press baron wouldn't comment on those rumors.
The long-awaited decision is a major victory for Mr. Bren, a 57-year-old real-estate baron who had been called the "Donald Trump of the West Coast" until Mr. Trump's recent financial problems.
Mr. Poznikov said he is scion of a junk baron in Neodesha, Kan.
If completed, the acquisition would mark the baron's third fashion investment during the past six months.
British press baron Robert Maxwell, publisher-developer Leonard Stern, two New York real estate tycoons and the owner of a newspaper aimed at blacks submitted formal offers for the New York Post last Friday.
Kalikow bought the money-losing tabloid from media baron Rupert Murdoch two years ago after wringing $24 million in concesssions from the unions.
He said Lorenzo was trying to be a "modern-day robber baron." Rep. Charles Hayes, D-Ill., said congressional inaction would be support for Lorenzo.
Mr. Nadir is the second-largest press baron in Turkey, its biggest electronics manufacturer, and the largest private employer in Turkish-controlled North Cyprus.