Chief and Earl

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Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

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Earl and chief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Earl" instead a noun "Chief".

Nearby Word: chiefly

Earl noun - A British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount.

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Chief and earl are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chief" instead a noun "Earl".

Nearby Words: earldom, Earle, earline, earlie

When she says, "Either the chief is a complete moron and complete morons are rare... ", her eyes fix for a second on Earl.

Source: Film / Ruthless People
In the earlier seasons, Mathnet chief Thad Green (James Earl Jones, also a UMich alum) has a Michigan pennant on his office wall.

Source: Series / Square One TV
She subsequently married chief conspirator James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell and one of the few Scottish lords with a consistent record of supporting Mary and her mother.

Source: Useful Notes / Mary of Scotland

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