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Audio Help [vahy-kount] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a nobleman next below an earl or count and next above a baron. |
| 2. | History/Historical. a deputy of a count or earl. |
| 3. | (in England) a sheriff. |
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Viscount
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n.
[Middle English, from Old French visconte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, vicecomit- : Late Latin vice-, vice- + Late Latin comes, occupant of any state office; see count2.] |
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viscount
1387, "deputy of a count or earl," from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. visconte, from M.L. vicecomes (gen. vicecomitis), from L.L. vice- "deputy" (see vice-) + L. comes "member of an imperial court, nobleman" (see count (n.)). As a rank in British peerage, first recorded 1440, when John, Baron Beaumont, was made one by Henry VI.
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| viscount | |
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| 1. | (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count |
| 2. | a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
viscount [ˈvaikaunt] noun
a nobleman next in rank below an earl
See also: viscountess
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