Talk:baron

fr:baron has nine different languages, and we only have two. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:54, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

slice <> nobleman

French etymological source says that French borrowed the sense of "cut of meat" from English and that "doubtfully related to nobility". I feel it could be related to barel (we use it as a synonym for half-liter) but i don't want to write anything without a source.

Can someone check ?

--Diligent 00:26, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Thai stuff

@Wyang, baron, meet, and wheel all have errors ostensibly been caused by the Thai transliteration module. —*i̯óh₁n̥C^[5] 07:32, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

@JohnC5 Thank you, all fixed. Wyang (talk) 07:39, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Chambers 1908 definition

"Baron, n. a title of rank, the lowest in the House of Peers: formerly a title of the judges of the Court of Exchequer: in feudal times the tenants-in-chief of the Crown, later the peers or great lords of the realm generally: till 1832, the name for the parliamentary representatives of the Cinque Ports: in Germany, the signification, instead of becoming restricted as in England, has become extended the greater or dynasty barons having all been elevated to higher titles, a large number being designated barons in virtue of a diploma from some reigning prince, the title being used also by all his descendants." Equinox ◑ 23:23, 28 August 2018 (UTC)