'Earl' definitions:
Definition of 'earl'
From: WordNet
noun
A British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
Definition of 'Earl'
From: GCIDE
- Earl \Earl\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The needlefish. [Ireland] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Earl'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'earl'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'earl'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archduke,
- aristocrat,
- armiger,
- baron,
- baronet,
- blue blood,
- Brahman,
- 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, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Earl'
- Earle,
- Earling,
- Earl Park,
- Earl Park, IN,
- Earl marshal,
- Earl, NC,
- Earle, AR,
- Earles penny,
- Earling, IA,
- earl of leicester,
- earl of warwick,
- earl russell,
- earl warren,
- 1st earl attlee,
- 1st earl of balfour,
- Earl marshal of England,
- Earl marshal of Scotland,
- first earl of beaconsfield,
- first earl of chatham,
- first earl of orford,
- first earl wavell,
- fourth earl of chesterfield,
- fourth earl of orford,
- james earl carter,
- second earl grey,
- second earl of chatham,
- second earl of guilford,
- warren earl burger,
- 1st earl baldwin of bewdley,
- first earl kitchener of khartoum,
- james earl carter jr.,
- edward george earle bulwer-lytton