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(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.
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Poetry examples for “earl”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →2 Soft B----s and rough C----s, adieu!
Earl Warwick, make your moan,
The lively H----k and you
Read full poem →IMMITATION OF ENGLISH POETS. EARL OF DORSET
Read full poem →Bacon Mary r 1917 11th -, .Walnut-5617
Badgley Earl r 940 Loomis av Market-2447
Badgley F E r 828 E Grand Maple-740
Read full poem →Dictionary of National Biography. The Diaries
of Narcissus Luttrelland Henry Sidney, Earl of
Romsey, are sometimes of use, though they do
Read full poem →father Seymour would have him.
Earl of Arran. — He has ^5,000 per an-
Read full poem →Sir Thomas Higgons.-^A poor man's son ;
married the Earl of Bath's sister. Sent to
Saxony with the Garter.
Read full poem →Bernard Grenville. — Eldest, query, bro-
ther to the Earl of Bath j had ^3,000
given him to fetch him out of prison.