English search results for: baron

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. baron
  2. burgess
  3. husband
  4. magnate
  5. official
  6. tenant-in-chief (of crown/earl)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: Lewis, C.S., “Elementary Latin Dictionary”, 1891
#2

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. baron
  2. great man
  3. important person
  4. magnate
  5. tenant-in-chief
  6. vassal (Z)
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#3

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. baron
  2. great man
  3. important person
  4. magnate
  5. tenant-in-chief
  6. vassal (Z)
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. (feudal)
  2. feudal tenant ranking right below baron (OED)
  3. under-tenant
  4. vavasour
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Latham, “Revised Medieval Word List”, 1980