viscountess
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English viscountes, viscountesse, probably from Middle French viscontesse;[1] equivalent to viscount + -ess. Doublet of vicomtesse.
Noun[edit]
viscountess (plural viscountesses)
- The wife of a viscount.
- A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.
- Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.
Hyponyms[edit]
- vicomtesse (“French viscountess”)
Translations[edit]
viscount's wife
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a woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right
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References[edit]
- ^ “viscǒuntes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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