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baronetcy /ˈbar(ə)nɪtsi /noun (plural baronetcies)The rank of a baronet: he received a baronetcy for loyalty to the Crown...- He became physician general to the Army in the Austrian war of succession, was appointed physician to King George III, was knighted in 1762 and later received a baronetcy.
- His horse got to be prime minister, and he apparently sold a chart-topping number of dukedoms, earldoms and baronetcies.
- In 1911 Osler received a baronetcy and became Sir William.
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