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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baronet \Bar"on*et\, n. [Baron + -et.]
A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a
knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except
those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is
hereditary. The baronets are commoners.
Note: The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given
by patent. The word however, in the sense of a lesser
baron, was in use long before ``Baronets have the
title of 'Sir' prefixed to their Christian names their
surnames being followed by their dignity, usually
abbreviated Bart. Their wives are addressed as 'Lady'
or 'Madam'. Their sons are possessed of no title beyond
'Esquire.''' --Cussans.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
baronet
n : a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron
but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be
addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [syn: {bart}]
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