viscountessn.

Brit.

/ˈvʌɪkaʊntᵻs/,

/vʌɪkaʊnˈtɛs/, U.S.

/ˈvaɪˌkaʊn(t)əs/

Etymology: See viscount n. and -ess suffix¹. So French vicomtesse, Italian viscontessa, Spanish vizcondesa, Portuguese viscondessa.

1. The wife of a viscount; a peeress of the fourth order of nobility.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > viscount or viscountess > [noun] > viscountess

viscountess1475

vice-countessc1624

vicomtessec1786

1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 134/1 Margaret Viscountesse Lisle, wyfe of the said Henry Bodrugan, which is a grete estate of this Reame.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxi. 80 b/2 The erle then sent letters..desyrynge the kynge to suffre his cosyn the vycountes to be in peas.

1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 13. §17 Any Chapeleyne of any Duches Marques Countesse Vyscountesse or Baronesse.

1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 521 The Viscountess. Viscountesses I do not spare; For of them I have no care.

1643 in W. H. Black Docquets Lett. Patent at Oxf. (1837) 377 A Lease made..to the said Viscountesse of parcell of the lands.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2444/1 A Pursuivant, a Vicountess, Vicounts.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vicount A Vicountess may have her Gown bore up by a Woman, out of the Presence of her Superiors; and in their Presence by a Man.

1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 22 Why, what can the Viscountess mean?

1805 in A. Duncan Nelson (1806) 333 His relict Lady Viscountess Nelson.

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xli. 176 Rather disappointed at this aspect of a viscountess's life.

1890 Froude Ld. Beaconsfield xiv. 211 Mrs. Disraeli became Viscountess Beaconsfield.

2. A particular size of slate.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone of the nature of slate > for roofing > piece of > having definite dimensions

countess1803

lady1803

imperial1813

queen1819

duchess1823

princess1834

size-slate1865

marchioness1878

viscountess1878

bachelor1898

muffity1914

1878 D. C. Davies Slate & Slate Quarrying 136 Princesses..Duchesses..Marchionesses..Countesses..Viscountesses 18 × 9..Ladies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	viscountess
释义	viscountessn. Brit. /ˈvʌɪkaʊntᵻs/, /vʌɪkaʊnˈtɛs/, U.S. /ˈvaɪˌkaʊn(t)əs/ Etymology: See viscount n. and -ess suffix¹. So French vicomtesse, Italian viscontessa, Spanish vizcondesa, Portuguese viscondessa. 1. The wife of a viscount; a peeress of the fourth order of nobility. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > viscount or viscountess > [noun] > viscountess viscountess1475 vice-countessc1624 vicomtessec1786 1475 Rolls of Parl. VI. 134/1 Margaret Viscountesse Lisle, wyfe of the said Henry Bodrugan, which is a grete estate of this Reame. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxi. 80 b/2 The erle then sent letters..desyrynge the kynge to suffre his cosyn the vycountes to be in peas. 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 13. §17 Any Chapeleyne of any Duches Marques Countesse Vyscountesse or Baronesse. 1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 521 The Viscountess. Viscountesses I do not spare; For of them I have no care. 1643 in W. H. Black Docquets Lett. Patent at Oxf. (1837) 377 A Lease made..to the said Viscountesse of parcell of the lands. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2444/1 A Pursuivant, a Vicountess, Vicounts. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vicount A Vicountess may have her Gown bore up by a Woman, out of the Presence of her Superiors; and in their Presence by a Man. 1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 22 Why, what can the Viscountess mean? 1805 in A. Duncan Nelson (1806) 333 His relict Lady Viscountess Nelson. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xli. 176 Rather disappointed at this aspect of a viscountess's life. 1890 Froude Ld. Beaconsfield xiv. 211 Mrs. Disraeli became Viscountess Beaconsfield. 2. A particular size of slate. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone of the nature of slate > for roofing > piece of > having definite dimensions countess1803 lady1803 imperial1813 queen1819 duchess1823 princess1834 size-slate1865 marchioness1878 viscountess1878 bachelor1898 muffity1914 1878 D. C. Davies Slate & Slate Quarrying 136 Princesses..Duchesses..Marchionesses..Countesses..Viscountesses 18 × 9..Ladies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1475
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