earl : Idioms & Phrases

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1st earl attlee

  • noun British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)
    Clement Attlee; Attlee; Clement Richard Attlee.
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1st earl baldwin of bewdley

  • noun English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947)
    Stanley Baldwin; Baldwin.
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1st earl of balfour

  • noun English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930)
    Arthur James Balfour; Balfour.
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earl marshal

  • noun an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies
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Earl" mar"shal
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  1. An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.
Webster 1913

earl of leicester

  • noun an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)
    Simon de Montfort; Montfort.
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earl of warwick

  • noun English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)
    Kingmaker; Richard Neville; Warwick.
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earl russell

  • noun English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)
    Bertrand Russell; Russell; Bertrand Arthur William Russell.
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earl warren

  • noun United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974)
    Warren.
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first earl kitchener of khartoum

  • noun British field marshal (1850-1916)
    Horatio Herbert Kitchener; Kitchener; Herbert Kitchener.
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first earl of beaconsfield

  • noun British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
    Disraeli; Benjamin Disraeli.
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first earl of chatham

  • noun English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)
    Pitt the Elder; Pitt; William Pitt.
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first earl of orford

  • noun Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
    Sir Robert Walpole; Walpole; Robert Walpole.
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first earl wavell

  • noun British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)
    Archibald Percival Wavell; Wavell.
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fourth earl of chesterfield

  • noun suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
    Philip Dormer Stanhope; Chesterfield.
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fourth earl of orford

  • noun English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
    Walpole; Horatio Walpole; Horace Walpole.
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james earl carter

  • noun 39th President of the United States (1924-)
    President Carter; Jimmy Carter; James Earl Carter; Carter.
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james earl carter jr.

  • noun 39th President of the United States (1924-)
    President Carter; Jimmy Carter; James Earl Carter; Carter.
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second earl grey

  • noun Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
    Charles Grey; Grey.
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second earl of chatham

  • noun English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806)
    Pitt the Younger; Pitt; William Pitt.
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second earl of guilford

  • noun British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
    North; Frederick North.
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warren earl burger

  • noun United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)
    Burger; Warren Burger; Warren E. Burger.
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