Earl

ėrl, n. an English nobleman ranking between a marquis and a viscount:— fem. Count′e .— ns. Earl′dom , the dominion or dignity of an earl; Earl′-mar′shal , an English officer of state, president of the Heralds' College—the Scotch form Earl-marischal . [A.S. eorl , a warrior, hero; cf. Ice. jarl .]