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baron

bar.on \'bar-*n\ n [ME, fr. OF, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG baro freeman] 
   1a: one of a class of tenants holding chiefly by military or other honorabl 
   e service directly from a feudal superior (as a king) 1b: a lord of the 
   realm : NOBLE, PEER  2a: a member of the lowest grade of the peerage in 
   Great Britain  2b: a nobleman on the continent of Europe of varying rank  
   2c: a member of the lowest order of nobility in Japan  3: a man of great or 
   overweening power or influence in some field of activi ty