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baron

noun
🔊/ˈbærən/
🔊/ˈbærən/
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  1. a nobleman of the lowest rank. In the UK, barons use the title Lord; in other countries they use the title Baron.男爵（贵族中的最末一等。英国男爵头衔为 Lord，其他国家为 Baron）Topics Historyc1, People in societyc1
  2. a person who owns or controls a large part of a particular industry工商业巨头
    • a press baron报业大王
    • the oil barons of Texas得克萨斯州的石油大亨
    see also drug baron
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • media
    • newspaper
    • press
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    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin baro, baron- ‘man, warrior’, probably of Germanic origin.