earl
see also: Earl
Pronunciation Noun
Earl
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Earl
Pronunciation Noun
earl (plural earls)
- (nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
Earl
Pronunciation Proper noun
- The title of an earl.
- (chiefly, US) A male given name from the English noun earl.
- 1922 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
- "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 -"
- "Displacing Ella and Stella," interrupted Dick.
- "And Pearl and Jewel,", Gloria added cordially, " and Earl and Elmer and Minnie."
- 1961 Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road, Vintage Contemporaries, 2000, ISBN 0375708448, page 74
- - - - in a world of mandatory diminutives, a corporation of jolly Bills and Jacks and Herbs and Teds in which an unabbreviable given name like Earl must have been a minor handicap, "Oat" was the best that could be done for a man with the given name of Otis.
- 1922 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
- Surname for service in the household of an earl, or from a nickname.
- A female given name
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