the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The whole body of barons or peers.
n. The dignity or rank of a baron.
n. The land which gives title to a baron.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The whole body of British barons; formerly, the nobility or peerage in general.
n. The dignity or rank of a baron.
n. The land which gives title to a baron; a barony.
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n. the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
Word Usage
"This concept of aristocracy was highly flattering to an already dominant elite, which, since the eleventh century, had been called the 'baronage', 'nobility' and latterly 'the peerage'."