Baronetess
a woman holding the rank of a baronet in her own right.
the wife or widow of a baronet.
Abbreviation: Btss.
Historical Examples
Our baronetess is a good-hearted woman in reality—with a little flummery—only she’s apt to be taken in by sounding phrases.
It Never Can Happen Again William De Morgan
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