earl
noun/ɜrl/
Frequency rank: #3,303 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a British nobleman ranking above a viscount and below a marquess.
Example sentence
The earl owned vast lands across the northern countryside.
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