earl
noun
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
Earle
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a variation of
Earl.
Example Sentences
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The process began with tweaks to the casting of the dancers, evident in social media star Charli D’Amelio’s 2022 run, followed by Harry Jowsey in 2023 and Earle and Irwin this past season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
His friend and a cousin carried in two fence rails said to have been split from logs by Lincoln, and he became the “Rail Splitter”—“a living symbol of frontier democracy,” as Mr. Earle puts it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
UTA‘s roster includes Alix Earle, Jake Shane and Markiplier — the last of whom recently landed his own box-office breakthrough with “Iron Lung.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
He has already won a lasting place in the line of such raspy-voiced singer-songwriters as Bob Dylan, John Prine, Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle, pivoting between acoustic, folk-influenced country and occasional pounding rock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
General Earle Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, knew the president was playing a dangerous game.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
