Countess

noun

/ˈkaʊntɨs/

Word Frequency: 3.1

Definitions

1.nounThe wife of a count or earl.

2.nounA woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

"Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl."

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