Earl n. : 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 France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.

Earl n. : The needlefish.

Example:
What English Earl had both a coat style and a furniture style named for him?

Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
Earl was the Anglo-Saxon form and jarl the Scandinavian form of a title meaning "chieftain" and referring especially to chieftains set to rule a territory in a king's stead. ... In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. ...