English

John Hoppner, Portrait of Harriet, Viscountess Duncannon with Her Sons (1787)

Alternative forms

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

Noun

viscountess ‎(plural viscountesses, masculine viscount)

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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