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baron (2 first created under Richard III; 3 is obs.)
1. noble, peer (orig. one who held from the king) 1H4 IV. iii. 66 “the lords and barons of the realm.”
2. one of the lowest rank of nobility 2H6 I. i. 8, Ven. Ded. “Baron of Tichfield.”
3. pl. the freemen of the Cinque Ports H8 IV. i. 48.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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