earlship

[ url-ship ]

/ ˈɜrl ʃɪp /

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noun

earldom(def 1).

Nearby words

earlier, earlier han, earliest, earlobe, earlock, earlship, early, early adopter, early american, early bird, early bird catches the worm

Origin of earlship

before 1000; Middle English; Old English eorlscipe. See earl, -ship

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Examples from the Web for earlship

Kalf listened joyfully; Canute's speech appealed to him; "and now he began to yearn for the earlship."
Canute the Great|Laurence Marcellus Larson