释义 |
baronetbar‧on‧et /ˈbærənət, -net/ noun [countable] - A particular kind of augmentation concerns baronets.
- He succeeded as fourth baronet in 1731.
- Shaw was knighted in 1660 and created a baronet, with three of his partners, in 1665.
- That a baronet should make a lady's-maid pregnant was nothing new.
- They had one son, Sir David Gamble, first baronet, and three daughters who died young.
- What really marked the end of Webster fortunes was the policy pursued by the fourth and fifth baronets, both Godfreys.
- When he succeeded as fifth baronet in 1758 he was ready to rebuild the house.
- Wills were created two peers, four baronets, three knights and one dame.
VERB► create· For his financial and other services, Joshua Van Neck was created a baronet 14 December 1751.· They had four daughters and three sons, one of whom, Robert, was created a baronet in 1664-5.· He was created baronet in 1895 and a privy councillor in 1906. a member of the British nobility, lower in rank than a baron, whose title passes to his son when he dies |