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baron noun

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Definition

(the title of) a British man who has the lowest rank in the highest social class
an extremely powerful person in a particular area of business
media/press barons
a drug baron

(Definition of baron noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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