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Viscount

An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.

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Lord 76% connected

A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Noble 76% connected

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a…

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Nobleman 76% connected

One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.

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Peer 76% connected

To come in sight; to appear.

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Abstract adjective · 78% connection

existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like ‘truth’ and ‘justice’"

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Acknowledgment noun · 78% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

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be the author of; "She authored this play"

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Bibliography noun · 78% connection

a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a…

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the form of a literary work submitted for publication

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Admeasure verb · 78% connection

Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasu…

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Arundelian adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an Earl of Arundel; as, Arundel or Arundelian marbles, marbles from ancient Greece, bought by the Earl of Arundel in 162…

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Bailie noun · 78% connection

An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.

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Bailiff noun · 78% connection

Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or…

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Battler noun · 78% connection

A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answe…

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Conservator noun · 78% connection

An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff.

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Countess noun · 78% connection

The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in h…

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County noun · 78% connection

An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.

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Cousin noun · 78% connection

A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it…

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Declaration noun · 78% connection

That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintif…

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Earl noun · 78% connection

A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in Fra…

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Earldom noun · 78% connection

The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.

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Enumerate verb · 78% connection

To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name ov…

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Graf noun · 78% connection

A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl.

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Ichor noun · 78% connection

An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.

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Inhabitant noun · 78% connection

One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a…

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Landgrave noun · 78% connection

A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

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Lathe noun · 78% connection

Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to t…

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