baron
bar|on /b'ærən/ (barons)
1 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE]
A baron is a man who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility. (BRIT)
...their stepfather, Baron Michael Distemple.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu n N
You can use baron to refer to someone who controls a large amount of a particular industry or activity and who is therefore extremely powerful.
...the battle against the drug barons.
...the British press barons.rob|ber bar|on (robber barons)
[N-COUNT]
If you refer to someone as a robber baron, you mean that they have made a very large amount of money and have been prepared to act illegally or in an immoral way in order to do so.
1 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE]
A baron is a man who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility. (BRIT)
...their stepfather, Baron Michael Distemple.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu n N
You can use baron to refer to someone who controls a large amount of a particular industry or activity and who is therefore extremely powerful.
...the battle against the drug barons.
...the British press barons.rob|ber bar|on (robber barons)
[N-COUNT]
If you refer to someone as a robber baron, you mean that they have made a very large amount of money and have been prepared to act illegally or in an immoral way in order to do so.