baronet

Example Sentences

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She is also cushioned by wealth, her father being a baronet with connections and a country estate.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

After the coronation, the king made Treves a baronet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

He’s also a baronet, master of an estate near a coal-mining village in the Midlands.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Born into the family of an English baronet, young Lindsay-Hogg grew up among the small world of Hollywood royalty.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2021

I have been trying in your absence, my dear sir," said Digby, rather maliciously, as the baronet joined them, "to persuade your fair daughter to run away with me.

From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)