Library / English Dictionary

EARL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("earl" is a kind of...):

peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)

Instance hyponyms:

Earl of Leicester; Montfort; Simon de Montfort (an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265))

Derivation:

earldom (the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess)

earldom (the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess)

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