noun
Meaning 1
The wife of a baron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
baroness
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌbæ.ɹəˈnɛs/
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noun
Meaning 2
A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Lady, noblewoman, peeress
History
Etymology
From Middle English baronesse; equivalent to baron + -ess.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: baronesse — the wife of a baron
- Finnish: paronitar — the wife of a baron
- Polish: baronowa — the wife of a baron
- Turkish: barones — the wife of a baron
- Albanian: baroneshë — female ruler of a barony
- Armenian: բարոնուհի (baronuhi) — female ruler of a barony
- Asturian: baronesa — female ruler of a barony
- Catalan: baronessa — female ruler of a barony
- Chinese Mandarin: 男爵夫人 (nánjué fūrén) — female ruler of a barony
- Chinese Mandarin: 女性男爵 (nǚxìng nánjué) — female ruler of a barony
- Czech: baronka — female ruler of a barony
- Danish: baronesse — female ruler of a barony
- Dutch: barones — female ruler of a barony
- Esperanto: baronino — female ruler of a barony
- Estonian: paruness — female ruler of a barony
- Finnish: vapaaherratar — female ruler of a barony
- Finnish: paronitar — female ruler of a barony
- French: baronne — female ruler of a barony
- Galician: baronesa — female ruler of a barony
- German: Baronin — female ruler of a barony
- German: Baronesse — female ruler of a barony
- Greek: βαρόνη (varóni) — female ruler of a barony
- Hawaiian: pālona wahine — female ruler of a barony
- Hawaiian: barona wahine — female ruler of a barony
- Hungarian: bárónő — female ruler of a barony
- Hungarian: báróné — female ruler of a barony
- Hungarian: baronesz — female ruler of a barony
- Hungarian: bárókisasszony — female ruler of a barony
- Ido: baronino — female ruler of a barony
- Ido: barono — female ruler of a barony
- Irish: banbharún — female ruler of a barony
- Italian: baronessa — female ruler of a barony
- Latvian: baronese — female ruler of a barony
- Latvian: brīvkundze — female ruler of a barony
- Lithuanian: baronienė — female ruler of a barony
- Macedonian: бароница (baronica) — female ruler of a barony
- Macedonian: баронеса (baronesa) — female ruler of a barony
- Marathi: बॅरनेस (bĕrnes) — female ruler of a barony
- Norman: bâronne — female ruler of a barony
- Norwegian Bokmål: baronesse — female ruler of a barony
- Norwegian Nynorsk: baronesse — female ruler of a barony
- Persian: بارونس (bârones) — female ruler of a barony
- Polish: baronessa — female ruler of a barony
- Portuguese: baronesa — female ruler of a barony
- Russian: бароне́сса (baronéssa) — female ruler of a barony
- Sicilian: barunissa — female ruler of a barony
- Slovak: barónka — female ruler of a barony
- Slovene: baronica — female ruler of a barony
- Spanish: baronesa — female ruler of a barony
- Swedish: baronessa — female ruler of a barony
- Turkish: barones — female ruler of a barony
- Volapük: jibaonan — female ruler of a barony
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