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Baronet
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Baronet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/baronet.html. 1828.