baron
noun
1 baron
A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
Roget 903:
marriage,
matrimony,
wedlock,
union,
intermarriage,
miscegenation,
the bonds of marriage,
vinculum matrimonii [Lat.],
nuptial tie.
married state,
coverture,
bed,
cohabitation.
match;
betrothment
etc.
(promise)
768;
wedding,
nuptials,
Hymen,
bridal;
espousals,
spousals;
leading to the altar
etc.
v.;
nuptial benediction,
epithalamium†;
sealing.
torch of Hymen,
temple of Hymen;
hymeneal altar;
honeymoon.
bridesmaid,
bridesman†,
best man;
bride,
bridegroom.
married man,
married woman,
married couple;
neogamist†,
Benedict,
partner,
spouse,
mate,
yokemate†;
husband,
man,
consort,
baron;
old man,
good man;
wife of one's bosom;
helpmate,
rib,
better half,
gray mare,
old woman,
old lady,
good wife,
goodwife.
feme [Fr.],
feme coverte [Fr.];
squaw,
lady;
matron,
matronage,
matronhood†;
man and wife;
wedded pair,
Darby and Joan;
spiritual wife.
monogamy,
bigamy,
digamy†,
deuterogamy†,
trigamy†,
polygamy;
mormonism;
levirate†;
spiritual wifery†,
spiritual wifeism†;
polyandrism†;
Turk,
bluebeard†.
unlawful marriage,
left-handed marriage,
morganatic marriage,
ill-assorted marriage;
mesalliance;
mariage de convenance [Fr.].
marriage broker;
matrimonial agency,
matrimonial agent,
matrimonial bureau,
matchmaker;
schatchen [G.].
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Dutch: baron, barones, baronesse, vrijheer
Polish: baron
2 baron
A British peer of the lowest rank.
Dutch: baron, barones, baronesse, vrijheer
3 baron
A very wealthy or powerful businessman:
— An oil baron.
synonyms: big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon.
Roget 875:
nobility,
rank,
condition,
distinction,
optimacy†,
blood,
pur sang [Fr.],
birth,
high descent,
order;
quality,
gentility;
blue blood of Castile;
ancien regime [Fr.].
high life,
haute monde [Fr.];
upper classes,
upper ten thousand;
the four hundred [U.S.];
elite,
aristocracy,
great folks;
fashionable world
etc.
(fashion)
852.
peer,
peerage;
house of lords,
house of peers;
lords,
lords temporal and spiritual;
noblesse;
noble,
nobleman;
lord,
lordling†;
grandee,
magnifico [Lat.],
hidalgo;
daimio [Jap.],
daimyo [Jap.],
samurai [Jap.],
shizoku [Jap.];
don,
donship†;
aristocrat,
swell,
three-tailed bashaw†;
gentleman,
squire,
squireen†,
patrician,
laureate.
gentry,
gentlefolk;
squirarchy [Slang],
better sort magnates,
primates,
optimates†;
pantisocracy†.
king
etc.
(master)
745;
atheling†;
prince,
duke;
marquis,
marquisate†;
earl,
viscount,
baron,
thane,
banneret†;
baronet,
baronetcy†;
knight,
knighthood;
count,
armiger†,
laird;
signior†,
seignior;
esquire,
boyar,
margrave,
vavasour†;
emir,
ameer†,
scherif†,
sharif,
effendi,
wali;
sahib;
chevalier,
maharaja,
nawab,
palsgrave†,
pasha,
rajah,
waldgrave†.
princess,
begum†,
duchess,
marchioness;
countess
&c.;
lady,
dame;
memsahib;
Do$a,
maharani,
rani.
personage of distinction,
man of distinction,
personage of rank,
man of rank,
personage of mark,
man of mark;
notables,
notabilities;
celebrity,
bigwig,
magnate,
great man,
star,
superstar;
big bug;
big gun,
great gun;
gilded rooster [U.S.];
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan];
every inch a king"
[Lear].
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Dutch: magnaat, -baron, baron
Polish: bonza, bonzo, król, potentat
Roget 967:
judge;
justice,
justiciar†,
justiciary†;
chancellor;
justice of assize,
judge of assize;
recorder,
common sergeant;
puisne judge,
assistant judge,
county court judge;
conservator of the peace,
justice of the peace;
J. P.;
court
etc.
(tribunal)
966;
magistrate,
police magistrate,
beak [Slang];
his worship,
his honor,
his lordship.
jury,
twelve men in a box.
Lord Chancellor,
Lord Justice;
Master of the Rolls,
Vice Chancellor;
Lord Chief Justice,
Chief Baron;
Mr.
Justice,
Associate Justice,
Chief Justice;
Baron,
Baron of the Exchequer.
jurat [Lat.],
assessor;
arbiter,
arbitrator;
umpire;
referee,
referendary†;
revising barrister;
domesman†;
censor
etc.
(critic)
480;
barmaster†,
ephor†;
grand juror,
grand juryman;
juryman,
talesman.
archon,
tribune,
praetor,
syndic,
podesta†,
mollah†,
ulema,
mufti,
cadi†,
kadi†;
Rhadamanthus†.
litigant
etc.
(accusation)
938.
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