VISCOUNT

viscount

(noun) a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron

viscount

(noun) (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

viscount

A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.

Anagrams

• vicounts

Proper noun

Viscount

The title of a viscount.

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Anagrams

• vicounts

Source: Wiktionary

Vis"count`, n. Etym: [OE. vicounte, OF. visconte, vescunte, F. vicomte, LL. vicecomes; L. vice (see Vice, a.) + comes a companion, LL., a count. See Count.]

1. (O. Eng. Law)

Definition: An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.

2. A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3. [Eng.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition