a nobleman in any of various European countries having a rank corresponding to that of a British earl
2.
any of various officials in the late Roman Empire and under various Germanic kings in the early Middle Ages
3.
a man who has received an honour (papal knighthood) from the Pope in recognition of good deeds, achievements, etc
[C16: from Old French conte, from Late Latin comes occupant of a state office, from Latin: overseer, associate, literally: one who goes with, from com- with + īre to go]
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.