|
baronet 音標拼音: [b'ɛrənət] [b ,ɛrən'ɛt] n. 準男爵,從男爵 准男爵,從男爵 baronet n 1: a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; " since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [ synonym: { baronet}, { Bart}] Baronet \ Bar" on* et\, n. [ Baron - et.] A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given by patent. The word, however, in the sense of a lesser baron, was in use long before. " Baronets have the title of ' Sir' prefixed to their Christian names; their surnames being followed by their dignity, usually abbreviated Bart. Their wives are addressed as ' Lady' or ' Madam'. Their sons are possessed of no title beyond ' Esquire.'" -- Cussans. [ 1913 Webster] 57 Moby Thesaurus words for " baronet": Bayard, Brahman, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney, Sir Galahad, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, bachelor, banneret, baron, blue blood, caballero, cavalier, chevalier, companion, count, daimio, duke, earl, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, knight, knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet, knight- errant, lace- curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician, peer, seigneur, seignior, silk- stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, upper- cruster, viscount, waldgrave
|
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
|