baron
noun
, ˈba-rən\
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captain, czar (also tsar), king, lion, lord, magnate, mogul, monarch, Napoleon, prince, tycoon
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His big financial backer was lumber baron William Murphy, but when Murphy brought in Henry Leland as a consultant, Ford left the company. — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, "Me & My Car: 1919 Model T represents company’s 100 years," 26 Aug. 2019 In 2012, coal baron Robert Murray closed an Ohio mine for the day and allegedly forced the workers to attend a rally for then-Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who used video from the event in a campaign ad. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Shell Oil allegedly coerced its workers to attend a Trump rally. Blame the Supreme Court," 19 Aug. 2019 Craft, of Glasgow, is married to coal baron Joseph Craft III, president and CEO of Alliance Resource Partners. — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, "Kentucky's Kelly Knight Craft clears step toward UN ambassadorship," 25 July 2019 Billionaire coal baron Chris Cline, whose mines were among the most productive in the United States, died in a Fourth of July helicopter crash that killed seven people traveling from the Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale, according to multiple reports. — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, "Billionaire Chris Cline, the ‘King of Coal,’ among 7 killed in helicopter crash," 5 July 2019 Billionaire coal baron Chris Cline, whose mines were among the most productive in the country, died in a Fourth of July helicopter crash that killed seven people traveling from the Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to multiple reports. — Marisa Iati, Anchorage Daily News, "Billionaire Chris Cline, the ‘King of Coal,’ among 7 killed in Bahamas helicopter crash," 5 July 2019 German business barons have guarded their privacy more jealously than those from elsewhere. — The Economist, "Germany’s business barons are finding it harder to keep a low profile," 15 June 2019 On June 24, the Italian baron's poems set to music will be performed at Carnegie Hall. — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, "Cody Franchetti Once Appeared Alongside Ivanka Trump in In Born Rich—Now His Poetry Will Be Performed at Carnegie Hall," 19 June 2019 The aluminum baron has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and was recently included on a US Treasury Department list of Russian government officials and 96 oligarchs with a net worth of $1 billion or more. — Kocha Olarn And Ivan Watson, CNN, "Sex coach who claims to have US election dirt charged with prostitution," 5 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'baron.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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