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–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.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME viscounte < AF; OF visconte (F vicomte), equiv. to vis vice³ + counte count², trans. ML vicecomes

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n.

A nobleman ranking below an earl or count and above a baron.
Abbr. Visct. or Vis. or V. Used as a title for such a nobleman.

[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
noun
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

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viscount [ˈvaikaunt] noun

a nobleman next in rank below an earl

Arabic:	فيكونت: لقَب شَرَف
Chinese (Simplified):	子爵
Chinese (Traditional):	子爵
Czech:	vikomt
Danish:	(engelsk adelstitel)
Dutch:	burggraaf
Estonian:	vikont
Finnish:	varakreivi
French:	vicomte
German:	der Vicomte
Greek:	υποκόμης
Hungarian:	vicomte
Icelandic:	greifi
Indonesian:	gelar bangsawan
Italian:	visconte

Japanese:	子爵
Korean:	자작
Latvian:	vikonts
Lithuanian:	vikontas
Norwegian:	vicomte
Polish:	wicehrabia
Portuguese (Brazil):	visconde
Portuguese (Portugal):	visconde
Romanian:	viconte
Russian:	виконт
Slovak:	vikomt
Slovenian:	vikont
Spanish:	vizconde
Swedish:	viscount
Turkish:	vikont

See also: viscountess

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