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Earl (/ ɜːr l, ɜːr əl /) [1] is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. [2] A feminine form of earl never developed; [note 1] instead, countess is used. The title originates in the Old English word eorl, meaning "a man of noble birth ...
A marquess (UK: / ˈmɑː (r) kwɪs /; [1] French: marquis [maʁki]) [2][a] is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German-language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman with the rank of a marquess or the wife (or widow) of a marquess is a marchioness or marquise.
Graf (feminine: Gräfin) is a historical title of the German nobility and later also of the Russian nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "countess"). The German nobility was gradually divided into ...
Fun fact: Earl is the oldest title in the whole damn peerage system, but it doesn’t come with royal perks other than the name. Also, per Merriam-Webster , the ancient title comes from the words ...
In the English language, an honorific is a form of address conveying esteem, courtesy or respect. These can be titles prefixing a person's name, e.g.: Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Mx, Sir, Dame, Dr, Cllr, Lady, or Lord, or other titles or positions that can appear as a form of address without the person's name, as in Mr President, General, Captain, Father, Doctor, or Earl.
Common titles. Mr. – Adult man (regardless of marital status) Ms. – Adult woman (regardless of marital status) Mrs. – Married Adult woman (includes widows and divorcées) Miss – Unmarried Adult Woman or Female child. Master – Male Child. Madam (also Madame and Ma'am) – Formal form of address for an adult woman.
Etymologically, the word "margrave" (Latin: marchio, c.1551) is the English and French form of the German noble title Markgraf (Mark, meaning " march " or "mark", that is, borderland, added to Graf, meaning " Count "); it is related semantically to the English title " Marcher Lord ". As a noun and hereditary title, "margrave" was common among ...
Gentleman, Gentlewoman. Ministerialis. Lord of the Manor. v. t. e. Thane (/ ˈθeɪn /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) [1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, [2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.