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earl    音標拼音: ['ɚl]
n. 伯爵

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earl
n 1: a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a
viscount

Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The European great pipefish ({Siphostoma acus} or
{Syngnathus acus}); -- called also {earl}, and
{tanglefish}.
(b) The garfish.
[1913 Webster]


Earl \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}.
[1913 Webster]


Earl \Earl\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The needlefish. [Ireland]
[1913 Webster]

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "earl":
Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood,
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

EARL, Eng. law. A title of nobility next below a marquis and above a
viscount.
2. Earls were anciently called comites, because they were wont comitari
regem, to wait upon the king for counsel and advice. He was also called
shireman, because each earl had the civil government of a shire.
3. After the Norman conquest they were called counts, whence the shires
obtained the names of counties. They have now nothing to do with the
government of counties, which has entirely devolved on the sheriff, the
earl's deputy, or vice comes.

Earl, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 234
Housing Units (2000): 109
Land area (2000): 0.819678 sq. miles (2.122956 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.819678 sq. miles (2.122956 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19140
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.195465 N, 81.534663 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Earl, NC
Earl

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  • Earl - Wikipedia
    Earl ( ɜːrl, ɜːrəl ) [1] is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount [2] A feminine form of earl never developed; [note 1] instead, countess is used
  • Earl | British Nobility, Titles Ranks | Britannica
    Earl is the oldest title and rank of English nobles, and it was also the highest, until 1337, when Edward the Black Prince was created duke of Cornwall by Edward III It now stands third in precedence, between marquess (1385) and viscount (1440) The five ranks of British nobility, in descending order, are duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron
  • Whats the Difference Between a Duke and an Earl?
    Britain's peerage system, which dates to Anglo-Saxon times, consists of five ranks: duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron, according to Debrett's, a leading source of information on the British peerage system
  • What is an Earl? - Lordship Titles
    Historically, an earl was the ruler of a county or earldom, but the title is now primarily ceremonial In the U K , there are currently around 190 earls The Earl of Wessex is the highest-ranking earl in the peerage system He’s also second in line to the British throne
  • What Did an English Earl Actually Do? - History Facts
    Known as the peerage system, this noble hierarchy consists of five ranks today: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron The title of earl — the oldest in the peerage system — dates back to the end of the early medieval period, during the reign of King Canute (or Cnut) in the 11th century
  • EARL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of EARL is a member of the British peerage ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
  • EARL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    EARL definition: 1 (the title of) a British man of high social rank, between a marquis and a viscount: 2 (the… Learn more
  • earl, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
    earl typically occurs about three times per million words in modern written English earl is in frequency band 5, which contains words occurring between 1 and 10 times per million words in modern written English
  • Earl - definition of earl by The Free Dictionary
    earl (ɜrl) n a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called a count for a time after the Norman Conquest The wife of an earl is a countess
  • EARL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    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





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