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viscount
[ vahy-kount ]
noun
- a nobleman next below an earl or count and next above a baron.
- History/Historical. a deputy of a count or earl.
- (in England) a sheriff.
viscount
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noun
- (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking below an earl and above a baron
- (in various countries) a son or younger brother of a count See also vicomte
- (in medieval Europe) the deputy of a count
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of viscount1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
A duke is the highest ranking member of the English nobility, followed by marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons.
“Eccentric Lives,†a collection of cheeky obituaries from Britain’s Daily Telegraph, includes one about a viscount who shot at a hot-air balloon.
“So it is unlikely she would have been regarded as anything like an appropriate match for a viscount.â€
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