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Recent Examples of earl
Klimek: Moving into the 20th century, Tony cited the story of an English earl named Lord Carnarvon.
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Chris Klimek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Aug. 2023
Other changes came at the hands of 18th and 19th century Westminster Abbey schoolboys, including future earls, who carved their initials and other graffiti on the back of the chair.
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Norman Vanamee,
Town & Country,
7 May 2023
Normally, this homage would be performed by hereditary dukes and earls.
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Maria Mercedes Lara,
Peoplemag,
6 May 2023
As the mere eldest daughter of an earl, Glenconner is unlikely to make the cut if rank is the sole factor.
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Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2023
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Chris Klimek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Aug. 2023
Other changes came at the hands of 18th and 19th century Westminster Abbey schoolboys, including future earls, who carved their initials and other graffiti on the back of the chair.
—
Norman Vanamee,
Town & Country,
7 May 2023
Normally, this homage would be performed by hereditary dukes and earls.
—
Maria Mercedes Lara,
Peoplemag,
6 May 2023
As the mere eldest daughter of an earl, Glenconner is unlikely to make the cut if rank is the sole factor.
—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earl
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The duke traditionally accompanies the monarch in the lead carriage of the Royal Procession, a custom that dates back to 1825, when the first Duke of Wellington rode alongside King George IV.
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Enmeshed in scandal, the former duke and duchess of York have practically vanished from public view – and so have the queen's dinky golden furballs.
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Visitors had to make their way down a narrow private drive that wound through 650 acres of woods and fields to find the viscount’s villa, but that didn’t stop an enterprising female photographer from taking the photos from a public road 1,500 feet away using a telephoto lens.
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Under the law, the remaining earls, viscounts and dukes who inherited their seats in the chamber along with their aristocratic titles will leave Parliament for good when the current session concludes this spring.
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The marquess, however, decided not to buy the painting, which belongs to a private collection and, before now, has only ever been on public display once.
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The agreement with the marquess allows Kays to take up to 25,000 tons of granite off the island by 2050.
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Cruise sports a thick Southern accent, a beer belly and thinning white hair (fashioned in an unconvincing combover) to play the oil baron whose company may have set off an ecological disaster that could also spark a nuclear war.
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Lipstye and others worried that Shelter Island was becoming a place dominated by wealthy barons who weren’t necessarily invested in the community — a place, in short, like the South Fork.
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Connie is married to a baronet, Clifford, who has been made impotent by a war wound, and Mellors is the gamekeeper on Clifford’s estate, Wragby.
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The baronet wanders around his castle numb on heroin, reeling from his spectacular flameout as CEO of Lumi and the recent loss of his seat in Parliament.
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African prince Akeem is trading palaces, from his lavish kingdom to Queens in search of a woman who loves him for him.
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Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
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Two funerals will be held for the late margrave — one open to the public, and another private service.
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Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xavier Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius, and his titles included king of Hungary and Bohemia, margrave of Moravia, and grand prince of Transylvania.
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These men were called squires for most of the Middle Ages, but esquire began to appear in the 15th century.
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“Earl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earl. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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