- a member of the lowest grade of nobility.
- (in Britain)
- a feudal vassal holding his lands under a direct grant from the king.
- a direct descendant of such a vassal or his equal in the nobility.
- a member of the House of Lords.
- an important financier or industrialist, especially one with great power in a particular area: an oil baron.
- a cut of mutton or lamb comprising the two loins, or saddle, and the hind legs.
- French actor.
- a member of a specific rank of nobility, esp the lowest rank in the British Isles
- (in Europe from the Middle Ages) originally any tenant-in-chief of a king or other overlord, who held land from his superior by honourable service; a land-holding nobleman
- a powerful businessman or financier
- (formerly) the title held by judges of the Court of Exchequer
- short for baron of beef
