baroness
noun
bar·on·ess
ˈber-ə-nəs 
ˈba-rə-,
-ˌnes,
US also ˌber-ə-ˈnes,
ˌba-rə-
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Marianne Faithfull's father was once a spy; her mother a pence-less baroness.
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Scott Simon, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
Her father worked in British intelligence, her mother a baroness.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
In the 1930s, two German families and a baroness moved to Floreana, a barely populated island in the Galápagos.
—airmail.news, 7 Sep. 2024
Because the baroness is right: Britain has been for sale for decades.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Scott Simon, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
Her father worked in British intelligence, her mother a baroness.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
In the 1930s, two German families and a baroness moved to Floreana, a barely populated island in the Galápagos.
—airmail.news, 7 Sep. 2024
Because the baroness is right: Britain has been for sale for decades.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Baroness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baroness. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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baroness
noun
bar·on·ess
ˈbar-ə-nəs
1
: the wife or widow of a baron
2
: a woman holding the rank of baron
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