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31Earl — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.   Sigles d’une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres   Sigles de trois lettres > Sigles de quatre lettres …
32Earl — Recorded in many forms including Earl, Hurl, Harle, Hearle, Earle, Earles, Hurles and no doubt others, this is a surname of English pre 7th century origins. In its earliest form it indicated a freeman who was also a chief, and probably a… …
33earl — [[t]ɜ͟ː(r)l[/t]] earls N COUNT: oft N of n An earl is a British nobleman. He became the fourth earl on the death of his father earlier this year. ...the first Earl of Birkenhead …
34earl — n. a British nobleman ranking between a marquess and a viscount (cf. COUNT(2)). Phrases and idioms: Earl Marshal (in the UK) the officer presiding over the College of Heralds, with ceremonial duties on various royal occasions. Earl Palatine hist …
35Earl — noun /ɜːl/ a) The title of an earl. Of course Gladys and Eleanor, having graced the last generation of heroines and being at present in their social prime, will be passed on to the next generation of shopgirls b) from the English noun earl.… …
36earl — UK [ɜː(r)l] / US [ɜrl] noun [countable] Word forms earl : singular earl plural earls a man with a very high social position in the UK …
37earl — An English title of nobility below that of a marquis and above that of a viscount in rank. The custody of the shire is said to have been committed to an earl at the first division of the kingdom into counties, but later, by reason of their… …
38earl — Needlefish Nee dle*fish , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The European great pipefish ({Siphostoma acus} or {Syngnathus acus}); called also {earl}, and {tanglefish}. (b) The garfish. [1913 Webster] …
39earl — /errl/, n. 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… …
40EARL — a title of nobility, ranking third in the British peerage; originally election to the dignity of earl carried with it a grant of land held in feudal tenure, the discharge of judicial and administrative duties connected therewith, and was the… …
