| 单词 | countess-ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈcountess-ship ˈcountess-ship n. the position or rank of countess; (with possessive adjective) a title of respect given to a countess. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > countess > position of countess countess-ship1598 1598 G. Chapman Blinde Begger of Alexandria sig. E Now madam countesse do you make account. To take vp husbandes by your countishippe. 1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares i. sig. B3 To see with what alacritie Ile a-coast her Countessship. 1746 T. Blight Let. in J. Stevenson Two Cent. Life in Down (1920) xiii. 382 And to the Countess it was ‘please your Countess-ship & will your Countess-ship eat a bit of this.’ 1874 A. Trollope Lady Anna I. ii. 27 If the Countess-ship of the Countess were to be admitted. 1976 G. Mcdonald Confess, Fletch iv. 22 Sylvia can take her precious countess-ship and walk into the sea with it. 2009 P. M. Collins Countess of Kensington xiv. 87 Thank you for choosing us out of all the common people to stop and talk to, your Countess-ship. < as lemmas |
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