baronetage

[ bar-uh-nit-ij, -net- ]

/ ˈbær ə nɪt ɪdʒ, -ˌnɛt- /

baronets collectively.

baronetcy.

Origin of baronetage

First recorded in 1710–20; baronet + -age

Adm. I said many years, long before my name was added to the baronetage.

Olla Podrida |Frederick Marryat
Why does not some one publish a list of the young male nobility and baronetage, their names, weights, and probable fortunes?

The Newcomes |William Makepeace Thackeray
It leaves out of sight the most endearing, because the most human, trait of the baronetage—its pecuniary origin.

Collections and Recollections |George William Erskine Russell
She did not seem at all impressed with the fact that she was talking to a member of the baronetage.

The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne |William J. Locke

The best genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage.

Notes on Nursing |Florence Nightingale

baronetage

/ (ˈbærənɪtɪdʒ) /

the order of baronets; baronets collectively

the rank of a baronet; baronetcy