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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Earl \Earl\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The needlefish. [Ireland]
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}.
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Earl
n : a British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount