English Dictionary

baron

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbæɹən/

名詞

広義 イギリス英語 俗語 廃用

The male ruler of a barony. / A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).

日本語の意味

領地（男爵領）を統治する男性、すなわち男爵としての意味 / 英国貴族の中で最下位の男性貴族、いわゆる男爵

The baron oversaw the rebuilding of the village after the storm.

男爵は嵐の後、村の再建を監督した。

意味（1）

The male ruler of a barony.

意味（2）

A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).

意味（3）

(by extension) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.

There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.

意味（4）

(UK, prison slang) A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling tobacco.

The first thing a baron does is to accumulate a supply of tobacco. He spends every penny he can earn on laying it in […]

意味（5）

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

Such portentous appetites had Queequeg and Tashtego, that to fill out the vacancies made by the previous repast, often the pale Dough-Boy was fain to bring on a great baron of salt-junk, seemingly quarried out of the solid ox.

意味（6）

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.

意味（7）

(law, obsolete) A husband.

Coordinate term: wife

barons （ plural ）

baroness （ feminine ）