different between viscount vs viscountess

English

Alternative forms

• V (symbol)
• Vis., Visc. (abbreviations)
• Visct, Vte (contractions)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?ka?nt/
• enPR: v??kount

Noun

viscount (plural viscounts, feminine viscountess)

1. A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.

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See also

• (female form or wife): viscountess
• (adjectival form): vicontiel
• (related titles): baron, don, duke, earl, lord, marquess, prince
• viscountcy
• viscounty

Further reading

• viscount on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• vicounts

English

Alternative forms

• V (symbol)
• Vis., Visc., Visct (abbreviations)
• Vtesse (contraction)

Etymology

viscount +? -ess

Noun

viscountess (plural viscountesses)

1. The wife 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.

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