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Countess

Countess Meaning & Definition
Countess Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Countess?

[n] female equivalent of a count or earl

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See Also | Lady | noblewoman | peeress

Countess In Webster's Dictionary

\Count"ess\ (kount"?s), n.; pl. {Countesses} (-?s). [F. comtesse. See {Count} a nobleman.] The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under {Count}.

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