Commoner
Commoner noun - A person who holds no title.
Earl
Earl noun - A British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount.
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Synonyms for Earl
Nearby Words: earldom, Earle, earline, earlie
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This might also be because while Kevan is an earl, Kiran and his younger siblings are entitled to nothing else because their father was a commoner.
- As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he creates a secret alternate identity as the Black Knight.
Source: Self-Proclaimed Knight - Lady Catherine de Bourgh, widow of Sir Lewis de Bourgh, is addressed in Pride and Prejudice by her first name because she's the daughter of an earl, which outranks her status as the widow of a knight; had she been a commoner before her marriage, she would have been called Lady de Bourgh.
Source: Useful Notes / Knight Fever
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