Baron

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname from French

proper noun

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A surname from French
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A surname from German
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A surname from Polish
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A surname from Ukrainian

Etymology

* As a French, English, Jewish, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Czech, German, Spanish (Barón), Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, and Breton surname, all from the noun baron. Compare Barron, Lebaron. * Also as a French surname, from several places in France Le Baron. * As an Italian (Veneto) surname, variant of Barone. * Also as a Czech surname (Baroň), from a pet form of Bartoloměj. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Bearáin; see Barnes. * General Slavic surname: Anglicization of Polish Baran (“Aries”), Ukrainian Баран (Baran), etc.

barney · A noisy argument.Barney · A male given name: A male given name transferred from the…baron · The male ruler of a barony.

Baron · A surname from French

baroness · The wife of a baron.barracks · A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing.barred · Having bars; striped.

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