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• Earles Penny
• Earl Marshal
• Earl
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline
• Andrew Rutherford, Earl Teviot
• Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Dodge, William Earl
• Earle (or Earles), John
• Earle, Jabez, D.D.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Aberdeen, Earl of
• Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of
• Ar`lington, Henry Bennet, Earl of
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Beaconsfield, Earl of
• Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) The needlefish.