BARONETCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baronetcy mean? 

• BARONETCY (noun)
  The noun BARONETCY has 2 senses:

1. the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness

2. the title of a baron

  Familiarity information: BARONETCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARONETCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

baronetcy; barony

Hypernyms ("baronetcy" is a kind of...):

rank (relative status)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The title of a baron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("baronetcy" is a kind of...):

title (an appellation signifying nobility)

 Context examples 

Now you are to understand, that time had worked a very material change in Mr Elliot's opinions as to the value of a baronetcy.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Tom Bertram must have been thought pleasant, indeed, at any rate; he was the sort of young man to be generally liked, his agreeableness was of the kind to be oftener found agreeable than some endowments of a higher stamp, for he had easy manners, excellent spirits, a large acquaintance, and a great deal to say; and the reversion of Mansfield Park, and a baronetcy, did no harm to all this.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I have often heard him declare, that if baronetcies were saleable, anybody should have his for fifty pounds, arms and motto, name and livery included; but I will not pretend to repeat half that I used to hear him say on that subject.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)