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Viscount

//ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
  2. 2
    The title of a viscount.

    "On Tuesday the King gave audiences to the Earl of Albemarle, Viscounts Melbourne and Althorp, Lord Hill, and Sir James Graham."

  3. 3
    a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron wordnet
  4. 4
    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.
  5. 5
    (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count wordnet

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.

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