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Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French

baron

 noun
     
Related topics: Business, Government
bar‧on [countable]
1PG a man who is a member of a low rank of the British nobility or of a rank of European nobility
2B a businessman with a lot of power or influence:
conservative press barons like Beaverbrook
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