2.tycoon,leader,chief,fat cat(slang, chiefly U.S.),mogul,bigwig(informal),big shot(informal),big cheese(slang, old-fashioned),plutocrat,nabob(informal),Mister Big(slang, chiefly U.S.)the battle against the drug barons Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd...
Baronies. [OF. baronie, F. baronnie, LL. baronia. See Baron.] 1. The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron. 2. In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of a ...
The untitled younger son of a baron is a nobile dei baroni and in informal usage might be called a baron, while certain baronies devolve to heirs male general. How do you become a baronet? A person wishing to be recognized as a Baronet must prove succession to the relevant dignity, to ...
Baron Palatine, and Perquisites in Fee Simple by George Mentz Esq. includes the right to the Seignory/Barony by any name it may be called or known. The Feudal Lordships & Seignory of Co. Longord may be one of the most interesting ancient principalities and baronies in Irish-Anglo-Norman ...