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Class including Baron and Earl -- or aron and arl? (8)

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noblesse

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(Other definitions for noblesse that I've seen before include "peers" , "Foreign toffs" , "- - oblige (Fr.)" , "aristocrats" , "Class" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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