earl

Noun

earl (plural earls)

1. A British nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female earl holding the title in her own right is termed a countess.

4 letters in word "earl": A E L R.

Anagrams of earl:

• arle

• laer

• lare

• lear

• rale

• real

Words found within earl:

ae al ale ar are ea ear el er era la lar lea re

• Definitions:
• a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
• An Earl or Jarl was an Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian title, meaning "chieftain" and it referred especially to chieftains set to rule a territory in a king's stead. In Scandinavia, it became obsolete in the Middle Ages, whereas, in Britain, it became synonymous with the continental count.
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• Derived from the early Anglo-Saxon, the office of Earl was to administer a shire. Over time, the number of these administrators was reduced, but the holdings by each earldom increased, such that by the time of Edward I the title was the highest ranking nobility in England next to the princes ...
• A horizontal facial piercing on the bridge of the nose
• [fr. Anglo-Saxon eorl] The earl, as a royal officer, superseded the ealdorman and was sometimes set over several counties, in the courts of each of which he presided with the bishop of the diocese. ...
• The highest title attainable by an English nobleman who was not of royal blood. Also known in earlier times as Ealdorman.
• The title of an English noble, the third in rank, coming next below a marquis.
• in Great Britain, a peerage title of Anglo-Saxon origin, analogous in grade to the Continental title of count.
• Count; highest English title in the Middle Ages. Word is related to Jarl. Also known in earlier times as Ealdorman.
• An alternate title for a Count
• The highest level of Saxon aristocrat under King Edward. Three great Earldoms dominated England, those of Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria. William retained the title but made it equivalent to Norman Count and applied Earldoms at County level.

• earings ←
• earing ←
• earfuls ←
• earl
• → earlap
• → earlaps
• → earldom