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Definition of earls

earl
Needlefish Nee"dle*fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish. (b) The garfish.
Earl
Earl Earl, n. (Zo["o]l.) The needlefish. [Ireland]
Earl
Earl Earl, n. [OE. eorl, erl, AS. eorl man, noble; akin to OS. erl boy, man, Icel. jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. ? male, Zend arshan man. Cf. Jarl.] A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.

Meaning of earls from wikipedia

- as earls (from Old English eorl meaning "noble"). He divided the kingdom into four earldoms: Wes****, East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria. Earls were...
- The Earls, often credited as Larry Chance and the Earls, is an American po****r music group formed in The Bronx, New York. In a career spanning over 60...
- construction of Earls Court Two, the original building became known sometimes as Earls Court One. One of the largest gatherings at Earls Court II was the...
- Flight of the Earls (Irish: Imeacht na nIarlaí) took place in September 1607, when Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell...
- Fuller, founding the first Earls restaurant in 1982 in Edmonton. The chain quickly grew when the Fullers set up an Earls restaurant in their new home...
- precedence among earls is: Earls in the Peerage of England Earls in the Peerage of Scotland Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain Earls in the Peerage of...
- The Douglas family, Earls of Douglas, held the Earldom of Wigtown for the next hundred years, until the attainder of the 9th Earl of Douglas in 1455....
- The Rising of the North of 1569, also called the Revolt of the Northern Earls or Northern Rebellion, was an unsuccessful attempt by Catholic nobles from...
- see the Earl of Effingham see the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham Arms of the Earls of Nottingham Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nottingham, Earls of" ....
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