Noun: baronet ber-u'net or ber-u-nut [N. Amer], ba-ru'net or ba-ru-nut [Brit]
- A member of the British order of honour; ranks below a baron but above a knight
"since he was a baronet, he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart";
- Bart
Derived forms: baronets
Type of: aristo [informal], aristocrat, blue blood, patrician
Encyclopedia: Baronet