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# baron

noun (a baron, barons; baroness for a woman)

«baron» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A nobleman of the lowest rank in Britain and some other countries; in the Middle Ages a lord who held land from the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#m1)
2. A very rich and powerful businessman in one industry: an oil baron, a media baron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#m2)
3. A powerful criminal boss: a drug baron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons barons were powerful lords; in 1215 English barons made King John agree to Magna Carta. In the news the word means a powerful person who controls a big business, sometimes in a bad way. Phrases: «the barons and the king», «drug baron», «press baron».

### Examples

- The barons forced King John to sign Magna Carta. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#x1)
- A baron owned the castle and the lands around it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#x2)
- He became a baron and sat in the House of Lords. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#x3)
- The newspaper baron owned ten papers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#x4)
- The police caught a drug baron at the port. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#x5)
- The Red Baron was a famous German pilot in the First World War. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#x6)
- When you have spent it you must go and take another baron’s castle.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/#x7)

### Note

Woman: baroness. Do not confuse with «barren» (no plants or no fruit) — they sound the same. In the UK a baron is called «Lord Smith», not «Baron Smith», in speech.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «baron»](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/baron/): every meaning and example of this page parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«baron» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/baron.html) on Mova free.