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US
/ˈvɪskaʊnt/
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[ UK /vˈaɪkaʊnt/ ]
[ UK /vˈaɪkaʊnt/ ]
NOUN
- (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
- a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
How To Use viscount In A Sentence
- Seems unfair, but sons of earls are mere "Honorables," like the famous Mitford sisters and the children of viscounts and barons, except that first-born sons of earls and viscounts quite often use the title of one of dad's spare baronies. Peerless Titles
- The list also includes Her Majesty The Queen, eight more Dukes, five Marquesses, thirteen Earls, five Viscounts, twenty-three Lords, seven Baronets, fifty-four Knights, two Dames and six Ladies.
- We're all expected to be there, and all the nobles will be there - lords, ladies, counts, viscounts, dukes, duchesses, barons, baronesses, and marquises; all of them.
- The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness respectively.
- My duty is to the people of my viscounty, to guide them in peace and defend them in war.
- The remainder was shared out among the viscounties of Limoges, Comborn, Turenne and Ventadour.
- Immediately, her eyes sought out the handsome viscount.
- Viscount Kilgobbin '; various devices of' caprine 'significance, heads, horns, and hoofs, profusely decorating the frame. Lord Kilgobbin
- Thirty gowns each, your highness, ten capes and five habits for both Princess Gayle and the viscountess as well.
- Here the Viscount lay back among his pillows and stared up at the tester of the bed, and his gaze was still directed thitherwards when he spoke: The Amateur Gentleman