baroness
noun
bar·on·ess
ˈber-ə-nəs 
ˈba-rə-,
-ˌnes,
US also ˌber-ə-ˈnes,
ˌba-rə-
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In the late 1950s, LaVey formed a magic circle in San Francisco to explore black magic and the occult (the regulars included friends like Anger, the Danish baroness Carin de Plessen, and fantasy/sci-fi writers such as Fritz Leiber and August Derleth, the first publisher of H. P. Lovecraft).
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Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
If your mind immediately goes to the Bridgerton baronesses, there was in fact a collab done in 2021.
—Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 23 July 2024
The 1986 Sydney Pollack film starred Streep and Robert Redford as a baroness and a big game hunter who fall in love in a lush desert romance.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 15 May 2024
Prince William made a surprise video appearance at the BAFTA TV Awards over the weekend to praise Floella Benjamin, a baroness, for her work with children.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
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Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
If your mind immediately goes to the Bridgerton baronesses, there was in fact a collab done in 2021.
—Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 23 July 2024
The 1986 Sydney Pollack film starred Streep and Robert Redford as a baroness and a big game hunter who fall in love in a lush desert romance.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 15 May 2024
Prince William made a surprise video appearance at the BAFTA TV Awards over the weekend to praise Floella Benjamin, a baroness, for her work with children.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
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“Baroness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baroness. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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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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