Viscountess

//ˈvaɪkaʊntəs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The wife of a viscount.
  2. 2
    a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    a wife or widow of a viscount wordnet

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damegentlewomanladypeerroyal

Example

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"Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria."

Etymology

From Middle English viscountes, viscountesse, probably from Middle French viscontesse; equivalent to viscount + -ess. Doublet of vicomtesse.

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