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with a meaning roughly equivalent to modern English peer. It became the title of those who commanded field armies in the Empire, as opposed to Dux, which commanded locally based forces.
* Earl (used in the United Kingdom instead of Count, but the feminine equivalent is Countess) - From the Germanic jarl, meaning 'chieftain', the title was brought to the British Isles by the Anglo-Saxons and

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