Complete Definition of "earldom"

English

Etymology
earl + -dom

Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /��rld�m/

Noun
en-noun

  1. the rank of being an earl

#*1592, William Shakespeare, King Richard III
#*:And, look when I am king, claim thou of me / The earldom of Hereford, and all the movables / Whereof the king my brother was possess'd.

  1. The territory controlled by an earl

Translations
trans-top|rank
Italian: contea f
trans-mid

trans-bottom

trans-top|territory
Italian: contea f
trans-mid

trans-bottom

io:earldom
ru:earldom
te:earldom
vi:earldom
zh:earldom

Revision and Credits for"earldom"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.