Associations to the word «Earl»
Noun
- Pembroke
- Orkney
- Montagu
- Viscount
- Marquess
- Warwick
- Peerage
- Argyll
- Kildare
- Shrewsbury
- Northumberland
- Hines
- Leicester
- Rutland
- Hereford
- Villiers
- Archibald
- Mortimer
- Wessex
- Lennox
- Erskine
- Salisbury
- Granville
- Essex
- Countess
- Elgin
- Gloucester
- Barony
- Manners
- Devonshire
- Chesterfield
- Eldest
- Tyrone
- Wentworth
- Boyle
- Nobleman
- Neville
- Heiress
- Jacobite
- Desmond
- Dunbar
- Talbot
- Burgh
- Angus
- Fife
- Godwin
- Walpole
- Derby
- Suffolk
- Dudley
- Buckingham
- Gower
- Northampton
- Aberdeen
- Devon
- Percy
- Bertie
- Baron
- Fitzgerald
- Sutherland
- Dorset
- Carlisle
- Cavendish
- Cornwallis
- Seton
- Hepburn
- Montrose
- Surrey
- Lacy
- Stafford
- Beaufort
- Married
- Wilton
- Heir
- Stamford
- Maitland
- Myles
- Chatham
- Meath
- Edmund
- Grey
- Peer
- Bathurst
- Clare
- Lancaster
- Marlborough
- Grandson
Verb
Wiktionary
EARL, noun. A British 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.
EARL, proper noun. The title of an earl.
EARL, proper noun. (chiefly US) A male given name from the English noun earl.
EARL, proper noun. A surname for service in the household of an earl, or from a nickname.
EARL GREY, noun. A blend of black tea flavoured with oil from the rind of the bergamot orange.
EARL MARSHAL, noun. (UK) A hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom, responsible for state funerals and coronations.
Dictionary definition
EARL, noun. A British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount.
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