early purple orchid
- n Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike
earhart
- n first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937)
earl marshal
- n an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies
earl of leicester
- n an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)