Definitions for viscountessˈvaɪˌkaʊn tɪs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vis•count•ess*ˈvaɪˌkaʊn tɪs(n.)

  1. the wife or widow of a viscount.

    Category: Western History

  2. a woman holding in her own right a rank equivalent to that of a viscount.

    Category: Western History, British

* Usage: See -ess.

Origin of viscountess:

1425–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. viscountess(noun)

    a wife or widow of a viscount

  2. viscountess(noun)

    a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right

Wiktionary

  1. viscountess(Noun)

    The wife of a viscount.

  2. viscountess(Noun)

    A female member of the peerage who bears the title in her own right.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Viscountess(noun)

    the wife of a viscount


Translations for viscountess

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

viscountess(noun)

the wife or widow of a viscount.

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