countess
tɪs noun
1.
the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
2.
a woman having the rank of a count or earl in her own right.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the wife or widow of a count or earl |
| 2. | a woman of the rank of count or earl |
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countess
mid-12c., adopted in Anglo-Norm. for "the wife of an earl," from M.L. cometissa, fem. of L. comes "count" (see count (n.)).
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