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Earl

//ɜːl// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from English from the English noun earl. US

    ""Of course Gladys and Eleanor, having graced the last generation of heroines and being at present in their social prime, will be passed on to the next generation of shopgirls -" "Displacing Ella and Stella," interrupted Dick. "And Pearl and Jewel,", Gloria added cordially, " and Earl and Elmer and Minnie.""

  2. 2
    A surname originating as an occupation for service in the household of an earl, or from a nickname.

    "The sheriff’s office released a compilation of bodycam footage Friday from deputies at the scene that shows them handcuffing Earl and pinning him down for more than 20 minutes as he struggles and repeatedly shouts for help."

  3. 3
    A female given name.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Springbrook, Washburn County, Wisconsin.
Noun
  1. 1
    A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
  2. 2
    The title of an earl.

    "And therefore the Bishop and clergy of Man were totally powerless to resist the alteration of doctrinal articles and rites of worship which Earls Edward and Henry, between 1521 and 1594, following the edicts of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and Elizabeth, introduced into the Isle of Man."

  3. 3
    a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount wordnet
  4. 4
    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English erl, erle, from Old English eorl, from Proto-West Germanic *erl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Saxon erl, Old Norse jarl), from Proto-Germanic *erōną, *arōną (compare Old Norse jara (“fight, battle”)). Doublet of eorl and jarl. Unrelated to ealdorman (“alderman”).

Etymology 2

From earl (“nobleman”).

Etymology 3

From earl (“nobleman”).

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