viscount

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt/

Definition of viscount

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
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noun

  1. A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.
  3. The title of a viscount.
    “On Tuesday the King gave audiences to the Earl of Albemarle, Viscounts Melbourne and Althorp, Lord Hill, and Sir James Graham.”

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.

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