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BARONETAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does baronetage mean?
• BARONETAGE (noun)
The noun BARONETAGE has 2 senses:
1. the collective body of baronets
2. the state of a baronet
Familiarity information: BARONETAGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The collective body of baronets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("baronetage" is a kind of...):
aristocracy; nobility (a privileged class holding hereditary titles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of a baronet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("baronetage" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
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