Baron in a sentence as a noun

Reading this makes me think of Jobs as a Railroad baron of old.

It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.

I didn’t want to become a politician or a media baron or a general or anything that involves that sort of authority over other people anyway.

The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

Baron definitions

noun

a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank

noun

a British peer of the lowest rank

noun

a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"

See also: king magnate mogul power tycoon