viscountess

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈvaɪkaʊntəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The wife of a viscount.
  2. A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.
    — Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.

词形变化

viscountesses plural V alternative,symbol Vis. alternative,abbreviation Visc. alternative,abbreviation Visct alternative,abbreviation Vtesse alternative,contraction

词汇关系

下位词
vicomtesse

词源

From Middle English viscountes, viscountesse, probably from Middle French viscontesse; equivalent to viscount + -ess. Doublet of vicomtesse.
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