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earl 音标拼音: ['ɚl] n. 伯爵 伯爵 earl n 1: a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zool.) (a) The European great pipefish ({Siphostoma acus} or {Syngnathus acus}); -- called also {earl}, and {tanglefish}. (b) The garfish. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster] Earl \Earl\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The needlefish. [Ireland] [1913 Webster] 39 Moby Thesaurus words for "earl": Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood, count, daimio, duke, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician, peer, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave EARL, Eng. law. A title of nobility next below a marquis and above a viscount. 2. Earls were anciently called comites, because they were wont comitari regem, to wait upon the king for counsel and advice. He was also called shireman, because each earl had the civil government of a shire. 3. After the Norman conquest they were called counts, whence the shires obtained the names of counties. They have now nothing to do with the government of counties, which has entirely devolved on the sheriff, the earl's deputy, or vice comes. Earl, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 234 Housing Units (2000): 109 Land area (2000): 0.819678 sq. miles (2.122956 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.819678 sq. miles (2.122956 sq. km) FIPS code: 19140 Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 35.195465 N, 81.534663 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Earl, NC Earl Graf (England)
Graf (England)[Noun] conde[Noun]
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