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earl

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–noun
1. a 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.
2. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a governor of one of the great divisions of England, including East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, and Wessex.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME erl, OE eorl; c. OS erl man, ON jarl chieftain

Earl

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–noun
a male given name: from the old English word meaning “noble.”
Also, Earle.
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earl   (ûrl)   
n.  

  1. A British nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquis, corresponding to a count in continental Europe.

  2. Abbr. E. Used as a title for such a nobleman.


[Middle English erl, nobleman of high rank, from Old English eorl.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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