viscountess

English

John Hoppner, Portrait of Harriet, Viscountess Duncannon with Her Sons (1787)

Alternative forms

V (symbol)
Vis., Visc., Visct (abbreviations)
Vtesse (contraction)

Etymology

viscount +‎ -ess

Noun

viscountess (plural viscountesses)

The wife of a viscount.
A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.
Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.

Translations

viscount's wife

Esperanto: vicgrafino
Finnish: varakreivitär
French: vicomtesse (fr) f
Italian: viscontessa f
Japanese: 子爵 (ja) (shishaku)

Portuguese: viscondessa f
Romanian: vicontesă (ro) f
Spanish: vizcondesa f
Tagalog: biskondesa

a woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right

Esperanto: vicgrafino
French: vicomtesse (fr) f
Italian: viscontessa f

Japanese: 子爵 (ja) (shishaku)
Manx: lhiass-ven-eearley m
Portuguese: viscondessa f

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