Usually means: Noble rank below marquis, above.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word Earl:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. earl: Merriam-Webster
  2. earl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. earl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. earl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. earl: Vocabulary.com
  6. Earl, earl: Wordnik
  7. earl: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Earl, earl: Wiktionary
  9. earl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. earl: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. earl: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Earl, earl: Dictionary.com
  13. earl: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Earl (Rocko's Modern Life), Earl (album), Earl (disambiguation), Earl (given name), Earl (mixtape), Earl (surname), Earl, The EARL, The earl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Earl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. earl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Earl: Rhymezone
  18. Earl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. earl: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. earl: FreeDictionary.org
  21. earl: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. earl: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. earl: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. EARL: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Earl: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. earl: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Earl: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  3. EARL: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. earl, Earl, Earl: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Earl, earl, the earl: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See earldom as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Earl)

▸ noun:  (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.
▸ noun:  (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
▸ noun:  The title of an earl.
▸ noun:  (chiefly US) A male given name from English from the English noun earl.
▸ noun:  A surname originating as an occupation for service in the household of an earl, or from a nickname.
▸ noun:  A female given name.
▸ noun:  A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
▸ noun:  A town in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Springbrook, Washburn County, Wisconsin.

Similar:
viscount, marquess, Earle, baronet, countess, duke, laird, baron, bannerman, marchioness, more...

Opposite:
commoner, peasant, plebeian, serf, proletarian

Types:
earl grey, earl of grey, earl of grey tea, more...

Phrases:
Earl Warren, Earl Grey, james earl, Earl Browder, earl marshal, more...

Adjectives:
first, second, third, late, young, fourth, noble, 4th, fifth, old, great


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Similar:
viscount, marquess, Earle, baronet, countess, duke, laird, baron, bannerman, marchioness, more...

Opposite:
commoner, peasant, plebeian, serf, proletarian

Types:
earl grey, earl of grey, earl of grey tea, more...

Phrases:
Earl Warren, Earl Grey, james earl, Earl Browder, earl marshal, Earl Russell, Earl Hines, earl rivers, Earl Scruggs, Earl Weaver, ralph earl, earl howe, Earl Campbell, earl roberts, warren earl, Earl Kitchener, more...

Adjectives:
first, second, third, late, young, fourth, noble, 4th, fifth, old, great



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