Old English eorl "brave man, warrior, leader, chief" (contrasted with ceorl "churl"), from Proto-Germanic *erlaz, which is of uncertain origin. In Anglo-Saxon poetry, "a warrior, a brave man;" in later Old English, "nobleman," especially a Danish under-king (equivalent of cognate Old Norse jarl), then one of the viceroys under the Danish dynasty in England. After 1066 adopted as the equivalent of Latin comes (see count (n.)).
实用例句
1. The late Earl passed on much of his fortune to his daughter.
已故伯爵将他的大部分财产传给了女儿。来自柯林斯例句
2. Earl Grey, Darjeeling and Jasmine are best-selling traditional teas.
