Baron
Bar´on
BARON. This word has but one signification in American law, namely, husband:
we use baron and feme, for husband and wife. And in this sense it is going
out of use.
2. In England, and perhaps some other countries, baron is a title of
honor; it is the first degree of nobility below a viscount. Vide Com. Dig.
Baron and Feme; Bac. Ab. Baron and Feme; and the articles. Husband;
Marriage; Wife.
3. In the laws of the middle ages, baron or bers, (baro) signifies a
great vassal; lord of a fief and tenant immediately from the king: and the
words baronage, barnage and berner, signify collectively the vassals
composing the court of the king; as Le roi et son barnage, The king and his
court. See Spelman's Glossary, verb. Baro.
COVERT, BARON. A wife; so called, from her being under the cover or
protection of her husband, baron or lord.
Brahman,
Establishment,
VIP,
archduke,
aristocracy,
aristocrat,
armiger,
banker,
baronet,
barons,
big boss,
big businessman,
big gun,
big man,
big name,
bigwig,
blue blood,
brass,
brass hat,
business leader,
businessman,
captain of industry,
celebrity,
count,
cream,
czar,
daimio,
dignitary,
dignity,
director,
duke,
earl,
elder,
elite,
enterpriser,
entrepreneur,
esquire,
establishment,
father,
figure,
financier,
gentleman,
grand duke,
grandee,
great man,
hidalgo,
important person,
industrialist,
interests,
king,
lace-curtain,
laird,
landgrave,
lion,
little businessman,
lord,
lordling,
lords of creation,
magnate,
magnifico,
man of commerce,
man of mark,
manager,
margrave,
marquis,
merchant prince,
mogul,
nabob,
name,
nobility,
noble,
nobleman,
notability,
notable,
optimate,
overlapping,
palsgrave,
panjandrum,
patrician,
peer,
person of renown,
personage,
personality,
pillar of society,
power,
power elite,
power structure,
prince,
ruling circle,
ruling circles,
ruling class,
sachem,
seigneur,
seignior,
silk-stocking,
somebody,
something,
squire,
swell,
the best,
the best people,
the brass,
the great,
the top,
thoroughbred,
top brass,
top executive,
top people,
tycoon,
upper class,
upper crust,
upper-cruster,
very important person,
viscount,
waldgrave,
worthy
Baron - a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
baron - a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"