viscounty

English

Etymology

From viscount (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English viscounte, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French viscomte (modern vicomte), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French visconte, from medieval (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vicecomes, from vice- + comes 'companion, count') + -y

Noun

viscounty (plural viscounties)

1. The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
2. An estate held (as fief or nominally) with the title of viscount

Related terms

• county
• viscountcy

Translations

Translations

• Breton: beskonted (br)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: vicomté (fr)