Countess and Viscount

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Countess noun - Female equivalent of a count or earl.

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Viscount and countess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Viscount" instead a noun "Countess".

Nearby Words: counter, count

Viscount noun - A British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron.

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Countess and viscount are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Countess" instead a noun "Viscount".

Nearby Word: viscountess

Feudal Future: Foxen society, though the highest level of government appears to be a Council of Countesses and the only noble titles listed below Countess are Viscount(ess) and Lord/Lady.

Source: Literature / The Red Vixen Adventures
In The Red Vixen Adventures Lady Sallivera is initially pleased with her parents arranging for her to be married to their countess' heir, the Viscount Kevinaugh Highglider.

Source: Arranged Marriage
The marriage is a disaster almost from the start; the couple are completely uninterested in each other, with Viscount (later Earl of) Squanderfield gambling and bedding a syphilitic young girl and the Countess carrying on an affair with the lawyer Silvertongue and neglecting their child.

Source: Arranged Marriage

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