Examples of “baron” in a Sentence

noun A nobleman holding the lowest hereditary title in the British peerage.

• The baron lived in a large castle that had belonged to his family for generations.
• Only a baron or a higher-ranking lord could sit in that part of the chamber.
• He was made a baron for his services to the arts.

noun A powerful figure in a particular industry or field.

• A famous oil baron donated money to build the new library.
• The railway barons of the nineteenth century grew very rich.
• The newspaper baron controlled half the press in the country.