a member of the lowest hereditary titled British order, with the status of a commoner but able to use the prefix ‘Sir’ 准男爵(英国级别最低的世袭头衔之一,平民身份,但可在姓氏前加Sir)
语源
late Middle English : from Anglo-Latin baronettus, from Latin baro, baron- 'man, warrior'. The term originally denoted a gentleman, not a nobleman, summoned by the king to attend parliament; the current order was instituted in the early 17th cent