2006-11-30 17:45:55 · 8 answers · asked by basebalplyr14 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
A ranking of royalty. Like a lord, knight, king.
2006-11-30 17:47:28 · answer #1 · answered by Timothy C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A title
2006-11-30 19:38:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Baron is a specific title of nobility or a more generic feudal qualification. The word baron comes from spanish baron, itself from Frankish baro meaning "freeman, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman." Ultimately it seems to mean a burden bearer.
2006-11-30 20:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baron is a specific title of nobility or a more generic feudal qualification. The word baron comes from spanish baron, itself from Frankish baro meaning "freeman, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman." Ultimately it seems to mean a burden bearer.
2006-11-30 17:48:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baron is a specific title of nobility or a more generic feudal qualification. The word baron comes from spanish baron, itself from Frankish baro meaning "freeman, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman." Ultimately it seems to mean a burden bearer.
2006-11-30 17:47:37 · answer #5 · answered by sarah 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
bar-on |'baren'|
noun
a member of the lowest order of the British nobility. The term "Baron" is not used as a form of address in Briatin, barons usually being referred to as "lord."
-a similar member of a foreign nobility.
-HISTORICAL a person who held lands or property from the soveriegn or a powerful overlord.
-[with adj.] an important or powerful person in a specified business or industry : a press baron.
ORIGIN : Middle English : from Old French, from medieval Latin ( baro, baron- 'man, warrior,' probablyh of Germanic origin.
2006-11-30 17:51:30 · answer #6 · answered by eoj8008 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron
Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen's entry into the world on May 2, 1892 made his father, Major Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (Freiherr = Baron),
the site should help
2006-11-30 18:08:54 · answer #7 · answered by Darrell R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a bird or a car baron is a bird though
2006-11-30 17:52:50 · answer #8 · answered by B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋