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Definitions for Earl

[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.
[3] a male given name: from the old English word meaning “noble.”
[4] (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking below a marquess and above a viscount Female equivalent: countess
[5] (in Anglo-Saxon England) a royal governor of any of the large divisions of the kingdom, such as Wessex

Words related to Earl

aristocrat, patrician, emperor, commander, liege, captain, prince, nobleman, superior, overlord, baron, sovereign, bishop, potentate, monarch, leader, dad, noble, ruler, peer

Words nearby Earl

earflap, earful, earhart, earhart, amelia, earing, earl, earl grey, earl marshal, earl palatine, earlap, earldom

Origin of Earl

before 900; Middle English erl, Old English eorl; cognate with Old Saxon erl man, Old Norse jarl chieftain

Word origin for Earl

Old English eorl; related to Old Norse jarl chieftain, Old Saxon erl man

Synonyms for Earl

aristocrat, baron, bishop, captain, commandant, commander, count, dad, don, duke, governor, king, leader, liege, magnate, marquis, monarch, nobility, noble, nobleman, overlord, parliamentarian, patrician, peer, potentate, prince, royalty, ruler, seigneur, sovereign, superior, viscount, man upstairs, old man