| Baronet (n.) A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners. Thesaurus Entries Bayard, Brahman, Don Quixote, Gawain, Lancelot, Ritter, Sidney, Sir Galahad, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, bachelor, banneret, baron, blue blood, caballero, cavalier, chevalier, companion, count, daimio, duke, earl, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, knight, knight bachelor, knight banneret, knight baronet, knight-errant, lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician, peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave |