viscountess
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English viscountes, viscountesse, probably from Middle French viscontesse;[1] equivalent to viscount + -ess. Doublet of vicomtesse.
Noun edit
viscountess (plural viscountesses)
- The wife of a viscount.
- 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.
Hyponyms edit
- vicomtesse (“French viscountess”)
Translations edit
viscount's wife
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a woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right
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References edit
- ^ “viscǒuntes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.