earl's
British nobleman's possessive
Earl's is the possessive form of earl, the title of British nobility ranking between marquess and viscount.
It refers to something belonging to or associated with an earl: the earl's estate, the earl's daughter.
In proper names, Earl's often marks historical association with noble landholdings: Earl's Court in London.
title
Formal honorific or name
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- coronetSmall noble's circlet
count · viscount · baron · landed · estate · manor · inheritance · lineage · heraldry · nobility
court
Trial venue or sports surface
wife · heir · lands · castle · seat · retinue · steward · fortune · dowager · servants
- Earl GreyBergamot-flavored black tea
- James Earl Jones
- Earl Warren