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viscount


late 14c., "deputy of a count or earl," from Anglo-French and Old French visconte (Modern French vicomte), from Medieval Latin vicecomes (genitive vicecomitis), from Late Latin vice- "d [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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viscount


(in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron A viscount (-count) is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks u [..]
Source: google-dictionary.so8848.com

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viscount


The fourth highest ranking title in the British and French peerage, ranking above a baron and below an earl. The wife of the viscount is called a viscountess. The French term for a viscount is vicomte [..]
Source: familysearch.org

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(n) (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count(n) a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
Source: beedictionary.com

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viscount


A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. en|Villages|Saskatchewan
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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