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Plural of baron

regular plural

The plural of baron is barons.

Forms of baron

Singularbaron /ˈbæɹən/
Pluralbarons
Countablecountable

Barons in a sentence

  • There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince.c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
  • Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
  • Henry VIII created him a Duke. Last month, the queen created two barons.From the entry create
  • The vassals were subject to their lords, who in turn were subject to barons or kings.From the entry in turn
  • Prue delivers herself of a capsule account of her running battle with the barons of Big Pharma.2019, John le Carré, Agent Running in the Field. From the entry running battle

Meaning of baron

  1. noun The male ruler of a barony.
  2. noun A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
  3. noun A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.

Full definition of baron

Questions about the plural of baron

What is the plural of baron?
The plural of baron is barons.
Is baron countable?
Baron is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baron (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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