BARON


Meaning of BARON in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Cohen, Sacha Baron

drug baron

press baron

robber baron

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

drug

The drug barons have themselves become substantial land holders, effectively controlling several departments.

There's little hope in this film - the forces of law are as bad in their way as the drug barons .

Doctors and accountants are one thing; husbands on the brink of divorce or even drug barons close to capture are another.

The drug baron behind it all is called Cherokee.

The drugs barons often win the support of the poor because they provide the means for entire communities to make a living.

Orders to kill are still issued by the drug barons .

The property dealer, ex-\#drug baron Robert Clapley, aims to make a mint.

We pour another glass and vent our spleen on drug barons and dope fiends.

oil

But the sentiment against foreign oil barons is stronger still.

But does Bush ever haul out the millionaire investment banker or oil baron to show whom he will be helping?

Explain in 100. 9 words or less why the oil barons should stop messing with Californians' cars.

robber

The brightest are wasted: the cunning triumph: the robber barons are back.

We all know the stories of greedy capitalists, child-labor exploiters, and robber barons .

Julia Grant socialized with robber barons and was vilified for her role in a gold-market scandal.

The other is the old bludgeon of robber barons , industry consolidation.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Colombian drug barons

media baron Rupert Murdoch

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Audley senior was a minor baron , with lands in Gloucestershire as well as Oxfordshire and a long record of service to the Crown.

Hariri is not the first political baron to have risen without the benefit of family connections.

Henry took the homage of the barons and knights of La Marche and then returned to Angers to celebrate Christmas.

I am the baron de Chavigny.

Indeed when Richard marched against Angoulême he made this move after taking counsel with the barons of Poitou.

Over 60 descendants of the rubber barons, who continued exploiting the inhabitants, have been forced to leave.

The drinking public was now aware they were being taken for a ride by the brewing barons.

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