earl
(noun) a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Earl
The title of an earl.
(chiefly, US) A male given name from English from the English noun earl.
A surname for service in the household of an earl, or from a nickname.
A female given name
• Arel, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, RaĂ«l, Real, lare, lear, rale, real
earl (plural earls)
(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.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
• Arel, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, RaĂ«l, Real, lare, lear, rale, real
Source: Wiktionary
Earl, n. Etym: [OE. eorl, erl, AS. eorl man, noble; akin to OS. erl boy, man, Icel. jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. arshan man. Cf. Jarl.]
Definition: 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.
Earl, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The needlefish. [Ireland]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
