Jarl

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A medieval Scandinavian chieftain or nobleman.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In Scandinavian history: A man of noble birth; a nobleman.
  • n. A chief; as a title, an earl; a count. The name was used both as a family title and as an official designation. In Iceland, practically a republican commonwealth, it never took root.
  • Word Usage
    "And south I went, when the ice passed out of the fjord, in jarl"
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chief    earl   
    Same Context
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