baronne

noun

1. A French baroness.

   “They [the bracelets] now by right belonged to the dowager baronne, but she had insisted on giving them to her son for his bride, who, therefore, wore them on such occasions as the one we are describing.”

   “The murderer had forced the baronne into a compromising correspondence, enlisted his friends as allies in the epistolary exchange, and displayed her signature to imply her consent.”

   “Olga [Rudge] and her mother [Julia Rudge] were always welcome in Parisian society; they rated high on guest lists that included barons and baronnes, comtes and comtesses, and the occasional prince or princess.”