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viscount

[ vahy-kount ]

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.


viscount

/ ˈ±¹²¹Éª°ì²¹ÊŠ²Ô³Ù /

noun

  1. (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking below an earl and above a baron
  2. (in various countries) a son or younger brother of a count See also vicomte
  3. (in medieval Europe) the deputy of a count
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of viscount1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English viscounte, from Anglo-French; Old French visconte, from vis vice 3 + counte count 2, translation of Medieval Latin vicecomes
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of viscount1

C14: from Old French visconte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Late Latin vice- vice ³ + comes count ²
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Ms. Charlot, a New York native who died at her home in Tepoztlán, Mexico, on Sunday at 101, had been a Hollywood singer before her marriage in the mid-1940s to a viscount, or British nobleman.

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In recent years, Eton has admitted more sons of international money — fewer viscounts and more investment bankers — as well as more children from less affluent families, with the number of scholarships growing every year.

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A duke is the highest ranking member of the English nobility, followed by marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons.

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“Eccentric Lives,†a collection of cheeky obituaries from Britain’s Daily Telegraph, includes one about a viscount who shot at a hot-air balloon.

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“So it is unlikely she would have been regarded as anything like an appropriate match for a viscount.â€

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