baronetcy
noun
bar·on·et·cy
ˈber-ə-nət-sē 
ˈba-rə-;
ˌber-ə-ˈnet-sē,
ˌba-rə-
: the rank of a baronet
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Osborne was the heir to a baronetcy; Cameron’s family descended from a mistress of William IV.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Queen Victoria knighted him, granting him the further honor of a baronetcy in 1886, finally creating him a peer as 1st Baron Leighton of Stretton, in 1896.
—Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
In the nineteen-sixties, a legal battle took place, in secret, over the claim of a Scottish transgender man, Ewan Forbes, to a baronetcy title whose succession was determined by male primogeniture.
—The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
His fiancée might be a princess, but Jack actually has his own ties to the Brooksbank baronetcy.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 12 June 2018
George will inherit the baronetcy when his father dies.
—Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Queen Victoria knighted him, granting him the further honor of a baronetcy in 1886, finally creating him a peer as 1st Baron Leighton of Stretton, in 1896.
—Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
In the nineteen-sixties, a legal battle took place, in secret, over the claim of a Scottish transgender man, Ewan Forbes, to a baronetcy title whose succession was determined by male primogeniture.
—The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
His fiancée might be a princess, but Jack actually has his own ties to the Brooksbank baronetcy.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 12 June 2018
George will inherit the baronetcy when his father dies.
—Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
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“Baronetcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baronetcy. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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