Baronet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Baronet \Bar"on*et\, n. [Baron + -et.]
     A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a
     knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except
     those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is
     hereditary. The baronets are commoners.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Note: The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given
           by patent. The word, however, in the sense of a lesser
           baron, was in use long before. "Baronets have the title
           of 'Sir' prefixed to their Christian names; their
           surnames being followed by their dignity, usually
           abbreviated Bart. Their wives are addressed as 'Lady'
           or 'Madam'. Their sons are possessed of no title beyond
           'Esquire.'" --Cussans.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Baronet
       n : a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron
           but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be
           addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [syn: {Bart}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "baronet":
     Bayard, Brahman, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney,
     Sir Galahad, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, bachelor, banneret,
     baron, blue blood, caballero, cavalier, chevalier, companion,
     count, daimio, duke, earl, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, grandee,
     hidalgo, knight, knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet,
     knight-errant, lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling,
     magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate,
     palsgrave, patrician, peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking,
     squire, swell, thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave