English Dictionary

baron

/ˈbæɹən/

noun

The male ruler of a barony. / A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).

The baron ruled over his vast estate with an iron fist.

意味（1）

The male ruler of a barony.

意味（2）

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

意味（3）

(by extension) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.

There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.

意味（4）

(UK, prison slang) A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling tobacco.

The first thing a baron does is to accumulate a supply of tobacco. He spends every penny he can earn on laying it in […]

意味（5）

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

Such portentous appetites had Queequeg and Tashtego, that to fill out the vacancies made by the previous repast, often the pale Dough-Boy was fain to bring on a great baron of salt-junk, seemingly quarried out of the solid ox.

意味（6）

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.

意味（7）

(law, obsolete) A husband.

Coordinate term: wife