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bar·ony \ˈbarənē, -ni also ˈber-\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English baronie, from Old French, from baron baron + -ie -y — more at baron 1. a. : the fee or domain of a baron b. : the rank or dignity of a baron 2. a. in Ireland : a division of a county roughly corresponding to an English hundred b. in colonial So. Carolina : a large tract of land of 12,000 acres granted to a landgrave or cacique c. in Scotland : an extensive freehold 3. : a vast or extensive private landholding < to operate and maintain this barony, the billionaire employed some 350 people — Andrew Tully > < a cotton barony > 4. : a region or field of activity under the unchecked or predominant control or sway of a single individual or family < the power of … the last of the nation's old-fashioned political baronies is perceptibly ebbing — Gladwin Hill > |