From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbaronessbar‧on‧ess /ˈbærənəs/ noun [countable] 1 SSHIGH POSITION OR RANKa woman who is a member of a low rank of the British nobility2 SSHIGH POSITION OR RANKthe wife of a baron
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baroness• Made a baroness on June 21.• Ayril ka Ti remember her - the robber baroness?• James's Palace, the baroness, happily, was.• The baroness had her jail term cut for good behaviour. 