Etymology

baroness

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Today it means: The wife of a baron. Full definition →

Middle English baronesse
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombaronesse
  2. English todaybaroness

From Middle English baronesse; equivalent to baron + -ess.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.