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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
earl/ɜːl/

▶noun a British nobleman ranking above a viscount and below a marquess.

– derivatives
earldom noun.

– origin OE eorl, of Gmc origin.

'earl' also found in these Oxford entries:

bergamot - billycock - cardigan - chesterfield - comital - count - countess - County Palatine - Derby - Earl Grey - Earl Marshal - Earl Palatine - jarl - kingmaker - Lonsdale belt - lord - marquess - orrery - peer - sandwich - spencer - thane - truncheon - viscount - yarborough

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