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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024count•ess /ˈkaʊntɪs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- World Historythe wife or widow of a count in the nobility of continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
- World Historya woman having the rank of a count or earl in her own right.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024count•ess (koun′tis),USA pronunciation n. - World Historythe wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
- World Historya woman having the rank of a count or earl in her own right.
- Anglo-French. See count2, -ess
- Middle English c(o)untesse 1125–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: countess /ˈkaʊntɪs/ n - the wife or widow of a count or earl
- a woman of the rank of count or earl
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Rus•sell (rus′əl),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Bertrand (Arthur William), 3rd Earl, 1872–1970, English philosopher, mathematician, and author: Nobel prize for literature 1950.
- Biographical Charles Edward, 1860–1941, U.S. journalist, sociologist, biographer, and political leader.
Charles Taze (tāz),USA pronunciation ("Pastor Russell''), 1852–1916, U.S. religious leader and publisher: founder of Jehovah's Witnesses.- Biographical Elizabeth Mary, Countess (Mary Annette Beauchamp) ("Elizabeth''), 1866–1941, Australian novelist.
- Biographical George William ("Æ''), 1867–1935, Irish poet and painter.
- Biographical Henry Norris, 1877–1957, U.S. astronomer.
- Biographical John Russell, 1st Earl (Lord John Russell), 1792–1878, British statesman: prime minister 1846–52, 1865–66.
- Biographical Lillian (Helen Louise Leonard), 1861–1922, U.S. singer and actress.
William Fel•ton (fel′tn),USA pronunciation (Bill), born 1934, U.S. basketball player and coach.- a male given name.
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