countess
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitessa.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
countess (plural countesses)
- The wife of a count or earl.
- The title used by a female who holds an earldom in her own right.
- Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl.
Translations [edit]
wife of a count or earl
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