| 释义 |
baronetize, v.|ˈbærənɪtaɪz|
[f. baronet + -ize.]
trans. To confer a baronetcy on, make a baronet. Also transf.
1860Meredith Evan Harrington xiv. 164 Third son! Don't commit yourself there. We dare not baronetize him. 1892G. Hake Mem. 80 Years lxv. 276 We have no ‘Sir Barry’ nowadays; premiers do not build houses, so that they do not baronetize architecture. 1967K. Giles Death & Mr. Prettyman i. 32 The late Sir Ebenezer had been a jerry builder..whom Lloyd George had baronetized for war services. |