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Baron

A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.

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Bourgeois 76% connected

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

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Lord 76% connected

A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.

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Noble 76% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Nobleman 76% connected

One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.

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Peer 76% connected

To come in sight; to appear.

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Baronial 74% connected

Pertaining to a baron or a barony.

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Baronial 74% connected

Pertaining to a baron or a barony.

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King 92% connected

A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a…

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Magnate 92% connected

A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.

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Mogul 92% connected

A person of the Mongolian race.

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Power 92% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Tycoon 92% connected

The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.

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