n.
- a member of the lowest order of the British nobility.
▸historical a person who held lands or property from the sovereign or a powerful overlord.
- a powerful person in business or industry:
a press baron.
Derivative
- baronial
/bəˈrəʊnɪəl/
adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from med. L. baro, baron- ‘man, warrior’, prob. of Gmc origin.