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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• A surname from French

Definition 2:
• A surname from German

Definition 3:
• A surname from Polish

Definition 4:
• A surname from Ukrainian
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹən/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bă'rən

Definition 1:
• The male ruler of a barony.

Definition 2:
• A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).

Definition 3:
• A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.
Example: railroad baron
Example: tech baron
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: magnate, tycoon, baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss, grand poobah, head honcho, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high muckamuck, high muckety-muck, king of all one surveys, king of the castle, king of the hill, kingpin, macher, mayor, muckamuck, muckety muck, mugwump, numero uno, panjandrum, poobah, rooster, somebody, top banana, top boy, top cat, top dog, top gun, very important person, VIP, wheel
Labels: broadly

Definition 4:
• A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling goods such as tobacco.
Labels: UK, slang

Definition 5:
• A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

Definition 6:
• Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.

Definition 7:
• A husband.
Example: baron and femme
Labels: law, obsolete

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baron