baroness

noun

bar·on·ess ˈber-ə-nəs

ˈba-rə-,

-ˌnes,

US also ˌber-ə-ˈnes,

ˌba-rə-

Synonyms of baroness next

: the wife or widow of a baron

: a woman who holds a baronial title in her own right

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In the late 1950s, LaVey formed a magic circle in San Francisco to explore black magic and the occult (the regulars included friends like Anger, the Danish baroness Carin de Plessen, and fantasy/sci-fi writers such as Fritz Leiber and August Derleth, the first publisher of H. P. Lovecraft). —

Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024 If your mind immediately goes to the Bridgerton baronesses, there was in fact a collab done in 2021. —

Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 23 July 2024 The 1986 Sydney Pollack film starred Streep and Robert Redford as a baroness and a big game hunter who fall in love in a lush desert romance. —

Matt Donnelly, Variety, 15 May 2024 Prince William made a surprise video appearance at the BAFTA TV Awards over the weekend to praise Floella Benjamin, a baroness, for her work with children. —

Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for baroness