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Synonyms for earl

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : Éœrl

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Définition of earl

Origin :
  • Old English eorl "brave man, warrior, leader, chief" (contrasted with ceorl "churl"), from Proto-Germanic *erlo-z, of uncertain origin.
  • In Anglo-Saxon poetry, "a warrior, a brave man;" in later Old English, "nobleman," especially a Danish under-king (equivalent of cognate Old Norse jarl), then one of the viceroys under the Danish dynasty in England. After 1066 adopted as the equivalent of Latin comes (see count (n.)).
  • As in lord : noun master
  • As in nobleman : noun man of noble birth
Example sentences :
  • The latest proprietor of those times was James, Earl of Derby.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • "My aunt will treat the affair like the sensible woman she is," replied the earl.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "Nor for the honor of Scotland either," cried the Earl of Angus.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I like him; I should like him even if he were not an Earl—and his name a career.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • I didn't think it necessary to correct him as to my refusal of the Earl.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Another of Edward's daughters had been married to an English earl.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • I was commissioned by the king to apprehend the Earl of Huntingdon.
  • Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • Will you undertake to make her renounce the earl, who, I believe, is the devil incarnate?
  • Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • What, I warrant you, to meet with the earl, and slip your neck into the same noose?
  • Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • The earl had made no secret of his intention and its defeat.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

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