baron: [12] The earliest historical sense of baron, ‘tenant under the feudal system who held his land and title directly from the king’, can be traced back to its probable source, medieval Latin barō, which originally meant simply ‘man’, and hence ‘vassal’ or ‘retainer’. The word was of course brought into English by the Normans, as Anglo-Norman barun, and from earliest times was used as a title for someone belonging to the lowest order of peerage. Some have suggested an ultimate Germanic origin, and compared Old High German baro ‘freeman’.
baron (n.)
c. 1200, from Old French baron (nominative ber) "baron, nobleman, military leader, warrior, virtuous man, lord, husband," probably from or related to Late Latin baro "man," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Frankish *baro "freeman, man;" merged in England with cognate Old English beorn "nobleman."
雙語例句
1. The baron became increasingly heated over the hypocrisy of it all.
男爵對整件事的虛偽感到越來越生氣。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Are you a friend of Baron Wendleton's?
你是溫爾頓男爵的朋友 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Henry Ford was an automobile baron.
亨利·福特是一位汽車業(yè)巨頭.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The oil baron was killed by an assassin.
這位石油大亨被刺客殺害了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Dr Baron - Cohen suggests that innate preferences can be carried into adulthood, too.