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earldom
English
Etymology
From Middle English erldom, from Old English eorld?m, equivalent to earl +? -dom. Compare English jarldom.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /???ld?m/
Noun
earldom (plural earldoms)
- 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.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, King Richard III
- The territory controlled by an earl.
Translations
Anagrams
- earmold, moraled
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county
English
Etymology
From Middle English countee, counte, conte, from Anglo-Norman counté, Old French conté (French comté), from Latin comit?tus (“jurisdiction of a count”), from comes (“count, earl”). Cognate with Spanish condado (“county”). Doublet of comitatus, borrowed directly from Latin.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ka?nti/
- Rhymes: -a?nti
Noun
county (countable and uncountable, plural counties)
- (historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
- An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 48 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska and Louisiana).
- A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
- traditional county
- (US, slang, uncountable) A jail operated by a county government.
Usage notes
- In US usage, counties are almost always designated as such, with the word "County" capitalized and following the name — e.g., "Lewis County", rarely "Lewis", and never "County Lewis".
- In British and Irish usage, counties are referenced without designation — e.g. "Kent" and never "Kent County". Exceptions are; Durham, which is often "County Durham" (but never "Durham County"); and the counties of Ireland. An organisation such as Kent County Council is the "County Council" of "Kent" and not the "Council" of "Kent County".
- In Canadian usage, counties are typically designated as such, with the word "County" capitalized and usually preceding the name — e.g., "the County of Two Hills". Occasionally, "County" follows the name, as in "Sturgeon County".
Derived terms
Related terms
- count
Descendants
- ? German: County
Translations
See also
- shire
Adjective
county (comparative more county, superlative most county)
- Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
- 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society 2010, p. 274:
- She was a tall girl and county, with Hilary's walk: she seemed to topple even when she sat.
- 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society 2010, p. 274:
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