'Baronet' definitions:
Definition of 'baronet'
(from WordNet)
noun
A member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [syn: baronet, Bart]
Definition of 'Baronet'
From: GCIDE
- Baronet \Bar"on*et\, n. [Baron + -et.] A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given by patent. The word, however, in the sense of a lesser baron, was in use long before. "Baronets have the title of 'Sir' prefixed to their Christian names; their surnames being followed by their dignity, usually abbreviated Bart. Their wives are addressed as 'Lady' or 'Madam'. Their sons are possessed of no title beyond 'Esquire.'" --Cussans. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'baronet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archduke,
- aristocrat,
- armiger,
- bachelor,
- banneret,
- baron,
- Bayard,
- blue blood,
- Brahman,
- caballero,
- cavalier,
- chevalier,
- companion,
- count,
- daimio,
- Don Quixote,
- duke,
- earl,
- esquire,
- Gawain,
- gentleman,
- grand duke,
- grandee,
- hidalgo,
- knight,
- knight bachelor,
- knight banneret,
- knight baronet,
- knight-errant,
- lace-curtain,
- laird,
- Lancelot,
- landgrave,
- lord,
- lordling,
- magnate,
- magnifico,
- margrave,
- marquis,
- noble,
- nobleman,
- optimate,
- palsgrave,
- patrician,
- peer,
- Ritter,
- seigneur,
- seignior,
- Sidney,
- silk-stocking,
- Sir Galahad,
- squire,
- swell,
- thoroughbred,
- upper-cruster,
- viscount,
- waldgrave