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Baronet

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Noun

1. baronet, bart

a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight

Example Sentences:
'since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart.'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Baronet

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noun
(in Britain) a commoner who holds the lowest hereditary title of honour, ranking below a baron
. Abbreviation: Bart., Bt

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Baronet

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noun
1. 
a man holding the lowest hereditary British title, below a baron but above a knight: a baronet is addressed as “Sir,” and may add “Bart.” to his name, as Sir John Doe, Bart.
2. 
this title

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Baronet

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n.
1. A man holding a British hereditary title of honor reserved for commoners, ranking immediately below the barons and above all orders of knighthood except the Garter.
2. Used as the title for such a man.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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