counthoodn.
/ˈkaʊnthʊd/, U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ˌhʊd/ The position or rank of count; the status or fact of being a count. Also: (with possessive adjective) a title of respect given to a count.
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1832 T. Carlyle tr. D. Teufelsdröckh in Foreign Q. Rev. 10 6 Reverence for his counthood.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. x. 72 His Counthood is not indifferent to this man.
1922 Oneonta (N.Y.) Daily Star 17 May 1/5 Bruno, made up with a black Van-Dyke beard, a tall hat, and other appurtenances of stage counthood.
2010 Amer. Hist. Rev. 114 1406 Paradisi was offered six thousand lire per annum, a counthood, and the title of chamberlain to teach civil economics..at the refurbished university.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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