Hist. [Fr., f. COM- + BARON.] A fellow-baron (of the Cinque Ports): an Anglo-French word retained in translation.
1331. (13 Sept.) Literæ Cantuar. (Rolls), I. No. 381. Qe monstre vous est pleintivement par voz pieres et combarons de Heth. [1887. J. B. Sheppard, transl. That it has been shown to you in way of complaint by your fellows and combarons of Hythe].
1861. Sat. Rev., XII. 210/2. A Lord Warden who is equal to … sending jurats and combarons home … profoundly satisfied with their own importance.
