Definition of baronet
: the holder of a rank of honor below a baron and above a knight
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His father, Sir Peter Osborne, who started the successful wallpaper firm Osborne & Little, is the seventeenth baronet of Ballintaylor and Ballylemon, a title that goes back to the seventeenth century.
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At the city’s central bazaar, soldiers stand next to armored cars with baronets affixed to assault rifles, as lambs are carried bleating and blinking past trays of mutton into butcher shops.
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First Known Use of baronet
1614
BARONET Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of baronet for English Language Learners
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: a man who is a member of the British nobility with a rank below a baron
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Definition of baronet for Students
: the holder of a rank of honor below a baron but above a knight
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