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earl 音标拼音: ['ɚl] n. 伯爵 伯爵 earl n 1: a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscountNeedlefish \ Nee" dle* fish`\, n. ( Zool.) ( a) The European great pipefish ({ Siphostoma acus} or { Syngnathus acus}); -- called also { earl}, and { tanglefish}. ( b) The garfish. [ 1913 Webster]
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}. [ 1913 Webster]
Earl \ Earl\, n. ( Zo[" o] l.) The needlefish. [ Ireland] [ 1913 Webster] 39 Moby Thesaurus words for " earl": Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood, count, daimio, duke, esquire, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, lace- curtain, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, optimate, palsgrave, patrician, peer, seigneur, seignior, silk- stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, upper- cruster, viscount, waldgrave |
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