the Earl of Northumberland
Meaning of earl in English
(Definition of earl from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of earl
earl
So he returned them their arms and entered the palace with the earl.
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He was, nevertheless, a man of reasonable though unexceptional ability - by no means a pitiful nonentity like the second earl.
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The creation of new earls and marquesses inevitably led the more senior barons and earls to demand restoration of their pre-eminence.
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Many feared, not without reason, that the king was about to dissolve parliament, reprieve the earl, and turn against his tormenters.
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The fourth earl succeeded to his title while still an infant.
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Among the most conservative of the earl's men were his ecclesiastical tenants.
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Thus, the tenurial position of the earl in respect of the crown was left unwritten and to a significant extent ambiguous.
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At that moment the fourteen craftsmen building the earl's new mansion were discharged and removed to their parishes of settlement.
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However, events after 1771 when the second earl effectively went bankrupt suggest a substantial and continuing contribution.
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On days when the king was not present he occupied the head of the earls' bench on the left of the chamber.
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They have no earls, no barons, no noblemen, of whom their gentlemen should stand in awe.
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They were, rather, the earls' kinsmen.
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Earl (1995: 113) talks of an incompleteness in ' the list of rival possible states of the world that decision-makers have in mind'.
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The 164 earls and countesses, coming down the scale, could be charged an annual licence fee of £600, which would bring in £98,400.
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No other modern society confers titles with the pretentious nomenclature of duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron.
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伯爵（はくしゃく）…
kont…
comte…
comte…
graaf…
earl, jarl…
greve…
bangsawan inggeris…
der Graf…
jarl…
граф…
граф…
إيرل (لَقب في المَملَكة المُتّحِدة)…
hrabě…
gelar bangsawan…
ตำแหน่งขุนนางอังกฤษ…
bá tước…
hrabia…
백작…
conte…
