Word of the Week #6

Jennifer Bilek
Word of the Week #6

Word: barons

Source: Slenske, M. (2008, October). London Calling. Best Life. 5(8), 80.

How it's used: "Though he grew up in Ireland and Wales, Timothy Everest moved to London at the age of 20 and took an apprenticeship with Tommy Nutter, the last Savile Row tailor to the Beatles, Mick Jagger, and various boardroom barons."

Definition: (noun):
1. one of a class of tenants holding his rights and title by military or other honorable service directly from a feudal superior.
2. a member of the lowest grade of the peerage in Great Britain: a nobleman on the continent of Europe of varying rank: a member of the lowest order of nobility in Japan.
3. a joint of meat consisting of two sirloins or loins and legs not cut apart at the backbone.
4. a man who possesses great power or influence in some field of activity.

Your Sentence: Tiger Woods is the most famous baron in the golfing world.