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Webster 1913 Edition

Countess

Count′ess

(kount′?s)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Countesses
(-[GREEK]s)
.
[F.
comtesse
. See
Count
a nobleman.]
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Countess

COUNTESS

,
Noun.
[See count.] The consort of an earl or count.

Definition 2024

countess

countess

English

Noun

countess ‎(plural countesses, masculine count)

  1. The wife of a count or earl.
  2. A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.
    Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl.

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Etymology

Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitessa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʊntɨs/

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