viscountess
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈvaɪskaʊntɪs/
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vizcondesa
- Viscount and Viscountess Sampson.
Examples
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She is a viscountess!
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I am Viscountess Ruskin.
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So she is the Viscountess of Norwich.
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The Viscount and Viscountess Hillyard.
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Mrs. Wenner, Lady Joan Cray, the Viscountess de Verney.
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Such industriousness on the part of the viscountess and the late viscount is commendable, although one can find only banality in their choice of names for their children.
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One must pity the viscountess as she seeks advantageous marriages for her brood, for she did not produce a single child of more fashionable coloring.
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Furthermore, the sight of the viscountess and all eight of her children in one room is enough to make one fear one is seeing double—or triple—or worse.
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Adorna, Viscountess Ruskin, looked at the ornate lettering on the calling card in her gloved hand, then up at the tall limestone townhouse.
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Aunt Geraldine was a viscountess, the widow of Lord Alcott, who was a highly respected member of Parliament.
Synonyms
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2.5
A woman who has a noble title in Britain, for example the wife or female partner of a lord
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5.3
A person from a high social family with a title
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8.6
A noble person with a title who sits in the House of Lords
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5.8
A woman from a high social class who has a title
A woman who has a noble title, often in Britain, or a woman whose husband was a noble
A woman from a high social class with a family title
How Noble
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Morphology
Etymology
The word viscountess comes from vis- meaning 'in place of', the same idea as 'vice' in vice-president, plus count meaning a noble, with the ending -ess that marks a woman. So a viscountess is a woman who is the wife of a viscount or who holds the rank herself.