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Earl

Earl Meaning & Definition
Earl Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Earl?

[n] a British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount

Synonyms | Synonyms for Earl:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Earl: archduke | aristocrat | armiger | baron | baronet | blue blood | Brahman | count | daimio | duke | esquire | gentleman | grand duke | grandee | hidalgo | lace-curtain | laird | landgrave | lord | lordling | magnate | magnifico | margrave | marquis | noble | nobleman | optimate | palsgrave | patrician | peer | seigneur | seignior | silk-stocking | squire | swell | thoroughbred | upper-cruster | viscount | waldgrave

See Also | Earl of Leicester | Montfort | peer | Simon de Montfort

Earl In Webster's Dictionary

\Earl\, n. [OE. eorl, erl, AS. eorl man, noble; akin to OS. erl boy, man, Icel. jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. ? male, Zend arshan man. Cf. {Jarl}.] A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See {Count}.
\Earl\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The needlefish. [Ireland]

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