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单词 contessa
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contessan.

Brit. /kɒnˈtɛsə/, U.S. /kənˈtɛsə/
Etymology: Italian, < late Latin comitissa (see countess n.).
An Italian countess.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > countess > foreign
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1819 Ld. Byron Let. 8 Nov. (1976) VI. 240 Without attempting to influence the decision of the Contessa—a good deal depends upon it.
1862 A. Severn Let. in S. Birkenhead Illustrious Friends (1965) xiv. 137 Walter immediately got introduced to half a dozen Contessas and Marchesas.
1950 C. Woodham-Smith Florence Nightingale 21 ‘At homes’ attended by fashionable marchesas and contessas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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