Definitions for Earl

Earl earl

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IPA: /ɜrl/

Earl is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in Earl (aelr).

Definitions for Earl

noun

  1. a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
  2. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a governor of one of the great divisions of England, including East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, and Wessex.
  3. a male given name: from the old English word meaning “noble.”.

Origin of Earl

before 900; Middle English erl, Old English eorl; cognate with Old Saxon erl man, Old Norse jarl chieftain

Examples for Earl

The latest proprietor of those times was James, earl of Derby.

"Nor for the honor of Scotland either," cried the earl of Angus.

The earl was killed in battle and Marshal captured, but he would later be ransomed by the queen herself.

His family used it for many years until they sold it to William Keppel, 7th earl of Albemarle.

earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”

I didn't think it necessary to correct him as to my refusal of the earl.

At no time during the shoot was Viscount Severn directly in front of the earl of Wessex.

I like him; I should like him even if he were not an earl—and his name a career.

"My aunt will treat the affair like the sensible woman she is," replied the earl.

Other contributing writers on the original series included Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, and earl Hamner, Jr.

Word Value for Earl
Scrable

4

Words with friends

5

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