Answer: earls

AnswerCrossword Clue
EARLSNoblemen
EARLSSome Parliament members
EARLSPeer group
EARLSLadies' men
EARLSMiddle-ranking British peers
EARLSSome British peers
EARLSViscount outrankers
EARLSSome nobility
EARLSCertain noblemen
EARLSMembers of the aristocracy
EARLSViscount superiors
EARLSCounts' counterparts
EARLSCountesses' men
EARLSCounts' equals
EARLSScruggs and Holliman
EARLSCounts' equivalents
EARLSPeers
EARLSPeers of the realm
EARLSThey're above viscounts
EARLSPart of the peerage
earlsnobleman ranking below a marquis
EARLSPeerage members
EARLSWarren and Hines
EARLSViscounts' superiors
EARLSSome English nobles
EARLSSome noblemen
EARLSBritish nobles
EARLSThey outrank viscounts
EARLSHigh-born Brits
EARLSBritish peers
EARLSEnglish noblemen
EARLSBritish noblemen
EARLSSome nobles
EARLSWarren and Weaver
EARLSAnglo-Saxon governors
EARLSPeer group?
EARLSRanks below marquises
EARLSCountesses' spouses
EARLSWeaver and Warren
EARLSCounts, nowadays