Meaning

2 senses

  1. The wife of a viscount.

    a wife or widow of a viscount

  2. 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.

    a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right

Translations

5 languages

Origin

From Middle English viscountes, viscountesse, probably from Middle French viscontesse; equ

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

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Forms

plural: viscountesses

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
visagevisceralviscosityviscountviscousviscusvise
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