Baron - English meaning

noun

A member of the aristocracy.

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A decadent old blue-blooded aristocrat

noun

An important person, especially in a particular sphere.

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Music industry bigwigs

noun

An important or powerful person

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The network television bigwigs loved the show.

noun

A leader or ruler of a people or clan.

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The chief of the village

adjective

Most important.

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The chief reason for the spending cuts

adjective

Most important

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Their chief objection to the appointment was that she had no judicial experience., the chief econom…

noun

A person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.

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Many entrepreneurs see potential in this market

noun

A person who attempts to make a profit by starting a company or by operating alone in the business world, esp. when it involves taking risks

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He’s an entrepreneur who made his money in computer software.

noun

Someone who makes money by starting their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity and taking risks

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An internet/e-commerce/dotcom entrepreneur, a property/retail/technology entrepreneur, a wealthy/su…

adjective

Relating to or having the power to put plans or actions into effect.

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An executive chairman

noun

A person with senior managerial responsibility in a business.

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Account executives

noun

A spanish or portuguese nobleman of the highest rank.

Usage examples:

The atmospheric spot is decorated like a spanish grandee's mansion.

noun

An important person, especially in a particular job or area of public life

noun

A leader or manager; the person in charge.

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The company's head honcho in the us

verb

Be in charge of (a project or situation).

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What else could be expected from a review honchoed by him?

noun

A person who is in charge of an organization, or in an important position in it

Usage examples:

The head honchos at the studio refused to make his movie., he's the company's marketing honcho.

noun

A person involved in the ownership and management of industry.

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The exploitation of child labour by nineteenth-century industrialists

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An owner or an employee in a high position in industry

noun

An owner or important executive in industry

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A rich/wealthy industrialist, influential/leading/powerful industrialists

noun

The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country.

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The leader of a protest group

noun

A person who manages or controls other people, esp. because of his or her ability or position

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A business/financial/political leader, her company is a leader in the women’s clothing industry.

noun

A company, product, etc. that has higher sales than its competitors

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The brand is market leader in france, where it has a 49% market share., union leaders said they exp…

noun

A man of noble rank or high office; a nobleman.

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Lords and ladies were entertained here

exclamation

Used in exclamations expressing surprise or worry, or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Lord, i'm cold!

verb

Act in a superior and domineering manner towards (someone).

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When we were at school, you used to lord it over us

noun

A wealthy and influential businessman or businesswoman.

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A property magnate

noun

A person who is very successful, powerful, and rich, esp. in a particular business

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A real estate/media magnate

noun

Someone who has become very rich and successful in business or industry, especially someone who owns a large organization that they started themselves

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A newspaper/oil/shipping/steel, etc. magnate jacqueline kennedy married the greek shipping magnate,…

noun

The standard literary and official form of chinese, spoken by over 730 million people.

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After the fall of the manchu dynasty in 1911, in place of classical chinese, the new republican gov…

noun

A small flattish citrus fruit with a loose yellow-orange skin.

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Tangerines are actually a type of mandarin orange as are clementines, but here in the us, the names…

noun

A small, sweet type of orange that has a thinner, looser skin

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Peel and segment two mandarins and set aside., i've also had this salad with mandarin orange slices…

noun

An important or powerful person, especially in the film or media industry.

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The hollywood movie mogul, sam goldwyn

noun

A bump on a ski slope formed by skiers turning.

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A mogul field

noun

A member of the muslim dynasty of mongol origin founded by the successors of tamerlane, which ruled much of india from the 16th to the 19th century.

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Mogul architecture

noun

A muslim official or governor under the mogul empire.

noun

A rich or powerful person

adjective

Belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy.

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The medieval palace was once owned by a noble florentine family

noun

(especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth.

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The greater a noble's military power, the more land he could control

noun

A man who belongs by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy; a peer.

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His voluminous surviving correspondence is full of letters from noblemen of all ranks eager to gain…

noun

A member of the nobility (= the highest social rank in a society)

verb

Look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.

Usage examples:

Faye peered at her with suspicion

noun

A member of the nobility in britain or ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.

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Hereditary peers could still dominate the proceedings of the house of lords

verb

Make or become equal with.

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The thames could not peer with the mill-streamlet close to my home

noun

The owner of a business, or a holder of property.

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Chinese restaurant proprietors

noun

A person who owns and usually manages a business

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He is the proprietor of one of the best hotels in orlando.

noun

The owner of a business, especially a hotel, a store, or a company that publishes newspapers

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Their father was the proprietor of an electrical and furniture store., a small business proprietor,…

noun

A wealthy, powerful person in business or industry.

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A newspaper tycoon

noun

A person who has achieved great success in business and is very wealthy and powerful

noun

A very successful business person who is rich and powerful

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A business/media/property tycoon, an oil/a shipping tycoon