A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.
A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.
Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; - said of women and female animals.
Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile.
Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
Mentally dull; stupid.
A tract of barren land.
Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.
A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.
A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.
Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young; sterile; - said of women and female animals.
Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile.
Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
Mentally dull; stupid.
A tract of barren land.
Elevated lands or plains on which grow small trees, but not timber; as, pine barrens; oak barrens. They are not necessarily sterile, and are often fertile.