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Countess
Pronunciation : Count"ess (kount"s)
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [F. comtesse. See Count a nobleman.]
Definition : Defn: The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
pl. Countesses (-.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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