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earlesses

earlesses is the plural of earless.

Meaning of earless

Noun

earless (plural earlesses)

  1. (nonstandard) A countess (a female holder of an earldom or the wife of an earl).
    • “Don’t you think you could catch this Earl (for Doctor Willett, and he never told a lie in his life, says he is so). You know Arley hasn’t much tact. An earl is better than to be the rich Mrs. Haverhill! An earl’s wife is a duchess, or at least, an earless—” / “A countess, ’ma!”1870, Joseph Holt Ingraham, Annie Temple; Or, The Bankrupt's Heiress: A Home Romance, page 80

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Noun capitalized: Earlesses

Earlesses

  1. (plural) plural of Earless

Questions about earlesses

What is earlesses the plural of?
Earlesses is the plural of earless.
What part of speech is earlesses?
Earlesses is a noun.

Words near earlesses in the dictionary

  1. earless dragons
  2. earless monitor lizard
  3. earless monitor lizards
  4. earless seal
  5. earless seals
  6. earlesses
  7. earlessness
  8. Earlestown
  9. earlet
  10. earlets
  11. Earley

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