baron

Example Sentences

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Government and private money are flowing in quantities that would make a Gilded Age robber baron blush.

From MarketWatch

Mr McCann told the Today programme: "It's quite obvious that press barons can meet the prime minister, but the people who have suffered at the hands of them can't."

From BBC

"Most farmers are not wealthy land barons; they live hand to mouth on tiny and sometimes non-existent profit margins."

From BBC

“Ease” survived, but Abbe soon sold the work to railroad baron Collis Potter Huntington to help relieve his financial difficulties.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was nothing particularly likable about the baron, but she found him far preferable to his wife.

From Literature