countess
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[edit] Etymology
Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitessa.
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[edit] Noun
countess (plural countesses)
- The wife of a count or earl, or the title used by a women who holds the title in her own right.
- 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.
[edit] Translations
wife of a count or earl
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