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proper noun
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(context, mostly, U.S.) (given name, male) from the English noun earl
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noun
- the rank of being an earl
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1592, William Shakespeare, King Richard III
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:And, look when I am king, claim thou of me / The of Hereford, and all the movables / Whereof the king my brother was possess'd.
- The territory controlled by an earl
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| Edwardian |
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adjective- Of the period in British history from circa 1900 to 1910, when Edward VII ruled the British Empire.
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| effendi |
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noun
- An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.
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| Elector |
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noun
- A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
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| electorate |
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noun
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The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
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The votes have been counted and the has spoken.
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The geographic area encompassing an electoral district.
- The of Finchley borders on the electorate of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, splitting the new housing estate of Royal Cupolas.
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The dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire.
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Fredrick the Great, Elector of Brandenburg and King of Prussia, commanded the most powerful in the Empire.
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| Elizabethan |
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adjective
- Pertaining to the reign of w:Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth.
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| emirate |
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noun
- the office of an emir
- a nation ruled by an emir
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| emperor |
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noun
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
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| empire |
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noun
- A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.
- A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
- A state ruled by an emperor.
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Any vast area under the power of one person; most commonly used in business, e.g. "the McDonalds? empire".
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| empress |
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noun
- The wife or widow of an emperor.
- The female monarch of an empire.
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| enfeoff |
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verbto enfieff
- To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transer a fief to.
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| ermine |
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noun
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A weasel, Mustela erminea, found in northern latitudes; its dark brown fur turns white in winter (apart from the black tip of the tail)
- The white fur of this animal
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(poetic) A symbol of purity
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(figuratively) The office of a judge
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(heraldry) A white field with black spots
verb
- To clothe with ermine
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| esquire |
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noun
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(archaic) a squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
- a lawyer
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(obsolete) a shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
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1801: w:Joseph Strutt, Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England - The office of the consisted of several departments; the for the body, the of the chamber, the of the stable, and the carving ; the latter stood in the hall at dinner, carved the different dishes, and distributed them to the guests.
- a male member of the gentry ranking below a knight
- an honorific sometimes placed after a man's name
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(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-2), III-ii - I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor of the county, and one of the king's justices of the peace.
- 1875 w:Herbert Broom, Herbert Broom and w:Edward Hadley, Edward Hadley, notes by w:William Wait, William Wait, Commentaries on the laws of England, I-317 - Esquires and gentlemen are confounded together by Sir w:Edward Coke, Edward Coke, who observes that every is a gentleman, and a gentleman is defined to be one qui arma gerit, who bears coat-armour, the grant of which was thought to add gentility to a man's family. It is indeed a matter somewhat unsettled what constitutes the distinction, or who is a real ; for no estate, however large, per se confers this rank upon its owner.
- A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
verb (esquir, ing)
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(transitive) (obsolete) To attend, wait on, escort.
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| estate |
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noun
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(legal) Technically, the nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
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Broadly, applies to all that a person owns, whether real property, real or personal property, personal property.
- An area on land under single ownership. (w:Estate (house))
- The property of a deceased person.
- A group of buildings built together as a single development on a designated area of land. (w:Housing estate)
- A general collective noun.
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(context, UK, automotive) An estate car; the body style for cars, popular with families, which has an enclosed area where the boot or trunk would be on a sedan / saloon.
- A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (w:Estates of the realm)
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| eunuch |
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noun
- A castrated human male.
- Such a man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state.
adjective
- Referring to someone or something which has been emasculated. (very rare)
- Referring to a castrato, or boy castrated to retain soprano or alto voice.
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