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Countess

//ˈkaʊntɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The wife of a count or earl.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of countess. alt-of
  3. 3
    female equivalent of a count or earl wordnet
  4. 4
    A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

    "Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitissa; equivalent to count + -ess. Doublet of contessa.

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