EARLS

Noun

earls

plural of earl

Anagrams

• Arels, LASER, Lares, Laser, Searl, arles, arsle, lares, laser, lears, rales, reals, saler, seral

Source: Wiktionary


EARL

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



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