Note: The translation for this entry is currently under quality review. Some content is temporarily displayed in English only.
baron
[C] Countable
pl: barons
The term carries a heavy duality between inherited prestige and acquired power. In its aristocratic sense, it denotes a specific legal status and historical hierarchy, often evoking images of ancestral estates and formal titles of nobility.
Countable as it refers to individual people holding a title or a position of power.