Earl

Earl

See also: earl

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɜːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɝl/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)l

Proper noun

Earl

1. The title of an earl.
2. (chiefly US) A male given name from the English noun earl.
   • 1922 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

     "Of course Gladys and Eleanor, having graced the last generation of heroines and being at present in their social prime, will be passed on to the next generation of shopgirls -"

     "Displacing Ella and Stella," interrupted Dick.

     "And Pearl and Jewel,", Gloria added cordially, " and Earl and Elmer and Minnie."

   • 1961 Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road, Vintage Contemporaries, 2000, →ISBN, page 74

     - - - in a world of mandatory diminutives, a corporation of jolly Bills and Jacks and Herbs and Teds in which an unabbreviable given name like Earl must have been a minor handicap, "Oat" was the best that could be done for a man with the given name of Otis.

3. A surname​ for service in the household of an earl, or from a nickname.
4. A female given name

Related terms

• Earle
• Earlene
• Earline

Translations

male given name meaning "an earl"

Bengali: আর্ল (arl)

Swedish: Jarl (sv)

Anagrams

• Arel, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, Real, lare, lear, rale, real