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viscountess

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vis⋅count⋅ess

  [vahy-koun-tis]
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–noun
1. the wife or widow of a viscount.
2. a woman holding in her own right a rank equivalent to that of a viscount.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see viscount, -ess

Usage note:
See -ess.
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vis·count·ess   (vī'koun'tĭs)   
n.  

  1. The wife or widow of a viscount.

  2. A noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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