viscount
See also: Viscount
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editviscount (plural viscounts, feminine viscountess)
- A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
- Hyponym: vicomte (“French viscount”)
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- (female form or wife): viscountess
- (adjectival form): vicecomital, vicontiel, viscomital
Translations
edita member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl
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