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COUNTESS
countess
(noun) female equivalent of a count or earl
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
countess (plural countesses)
The wife of a count or earl.
A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.
Synonyms
(the wife of an earl, a female holder of an earldom): earless (nonstandard)
Anagrams
• Scoutens, contuses
Noun
Countess (plural Countesses)
Alternative letter-case form of countess
Anagrams
• Scoutens, contuses
Source: Wiktionary
Count"ess (kount"s), n.; pl. Countesses (-. Etym: [F. comtesse. See Count a nobleman.]
Definition: The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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