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EARLDOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does earldom mean?
• EARLDOM (noun)
The noun EARLDOM has 2 senses:
1. the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess
2. the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess
Familiarity information: EARLDOM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("earldom" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Derivation:
earl (a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The domain controlled by an earl or count or countess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("earldom" is a kind of...):
demesne; domain; land (territory over which rule or control is exercised)
Derivation:
earl (a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount)
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