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count

 or earl

European title of nobility, ranking in modern times directly below a marquess or (in countries without marquesses) a duke. In England the title of earl is the equivalent of count and ranks above a viscount. The wife of a count or earl is a countess. The Roman comes (“count”) was originally a household companion of the emperor; under the Franks he was a local commander and judge. The counts were later incorporated into the feudal structure, some becoming subordinate to dukes, though a few countships were as great as duchies. As royal authority was reasserted over the feudatories, which took place at different times in the different kingdoms, the counts lost their political authority, though they retained their privileges as members of the nobility.

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count¹

1. the act of counting or reckoning

2. the number reached by counting; sum

3. Law a paragraph in an indictment containing a distinct and separate charge

4. Physics the total number of photons or ionized particles detected by a counter

5. Boxing Wrestling the act of telling off a number of seconds by the referee, as when a boxer has been knocked down or a wrestler pinned by his opponent

6. out for the count Boxing knocked out and unable to continue after a count of ten by the referee

7. take the count Boxing to be unable to continue after a count of ten

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count²

1. a nobleman in any of various European countries having a rank corresponding to that of a British earl

2. any of various officials in the late Roman Empire and under various Germanic kings in the early Middle Ages

3. a man who has received an honour (papal knighthood) from the Pope in recognition of good deeds, achievements, etc.