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The name baron is actually considered as a specific title in regard to nobility, it is more of a generic feudal http://wiki.answers.com/q3819917.html. The Term Baron comes from 'Spanish Baron' it means "freeman, Warrior". The word was merged was with Cognate Old English word 'Beorn' which means Nobleman. However it also means "Burden http://wiki.answers.com/q6142667.html".

In the time of the British Peerage scheme the barons were ranked below the viscounts, which being the lowest rank in the peerage. A female Baron is known as the honorific 'Baroness'. If this title comes in relation to the Feudal Barony by any tenure, it is known as Barony.

Outside the http://wiki.answers.com/q999643.html, the term baron is some times confused with the Non Peerage title Baronet. The rank in England was introduced in England by William the Conqueror.

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