barons

基本解释

Such barons as these have their own dominions and subjects, who recognize them as masters and have natural affection for them.
像这样的贵族拥有他们自己的领地和臣属，臣民把他们当作是自己的主人，并对他们有着自然的忠诚。
Barons are old fellows, they go to the Luxembourg, in front of the chateau,where there is the most sun, and they read the Quotidienne for a sou.
男爵，那都是些老家伙，他们逛卢森堡公园，全待在大楼前面，太阳最好的地方，还看一个苏一张的《每日新闻》。
Throughout the Middle Ages, from the barons forcing King John to sign the Magna Carta, to the Wars of the Roses, rebellion was a game played almost exclusively by the rich and powerful.
在整个中世纪，从男爵们强迫英王约翰签署大宪章，再到玫瑰战争，反叛基本上是一个只有豪门贵族才玩得起的游戏。

It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
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A baron is a man who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility.
You can use baron to refer to someone who controls a large part of a particular industry or activity and who is therefore extremely powerful.