baronetcy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the hereditary rank, dignity, or title of a baronet

   His eldest son was expected to inherit the baronetcy.

Formed in the late 18th century from baronet + -cy, a suffix denoting rank or office. Baronet itself is a diminutive of baron and names a hereditary British dignity below a baron but above most knighthoods.

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