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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024earl /ɜrl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- World Historya British nobleman of a rank that is below a marquis and above a viscount.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024earl (ûrl),USA pronunciation n. - World Historya British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- (in Anglo-Saxon England) a governor of one of the great divisions of England, including East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, and Wessex.
- bef. 900; Middle English erl, Old English eorl; cognate with Old Saxon erl man, Old Norse jarl chieftain
- a male given name: from the old English word meaning "noble.''
Also, Earle. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: earl /ɜːl/ n - (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
Female equivalent: countess
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