baronets

plural of baronet

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baronets
Noun
  • While the 1930s Santa Cruz surfers may have been shown as primarily white men, the sport dates back to 12th-century Polynesia and was first demonstrated in Santa Cruz by three Hawaiian princes in 1885.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The fraternal fissure is especially painful for those who know the princes, whose mother, Princess Diana, died in August 1997.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ransom Eli Olds was one of the most influential auto barons of his time, credited with being the first to design an assembly line for vehicle manfacturing.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Feeding their massive media empires, media barons like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer competed for readership by printing sensationalist stories, gossip, and exaggerated claims.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Baronets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baronets. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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