viscountess

viscountess
/vuy"kown'tis/, n.
1. the wife or widow of a viscount.
2. a woman holding in her own right a rank equivalent to that of a viscount.
[1425-75; late ME; see VISCOUNT, -ESS]
Usage. See -ess.

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