Countess
['kaʊntɪs] or ['kaʊntəs]
Definition
(n.) The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
Typist: Tim
Examples
- No nurse fit to wait on her being at hand in the neighbourhood, her ladyship the Countess and myself undertook the duty, relieving each other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Hang Countess Olenska! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The door closed, and the carriage rolled softly through the snow; and back returned the Countess, pensive and anxious. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I gave Lucy in charge to the Countess's attendant, and then sought repose from my various struggles and impatient regrets. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her ladyship the Countess returned by the last train that night, and brought with her the nurse from London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- What was the meaning of May's blush when the Countess Olenska had been mentioned? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- They are opposed to the Countess's idea; but she is firm, and insists on a legal opinion. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He had wanted above all things to go alone, for he felt sure the visit would give him the chance of saying a word in private to the Countess Olenska. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The Countess, on her own responsibility, immediately brought him in to see the patient. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A Countess living at an inn is a ruined woman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The little Countess promised an exception: she sewed till she was tired of sewing, and then she took a book. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The Count and Countess corresponded regularly every morning during his lordship's absence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The servant led me to the room which the Countess had just left. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Countess of Windsor travelled with her son. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was Count and she was Countess. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I sought my ideal of a woman amongst English ladies, French countesses, Italian signoras, and German grafinnen. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Well, I didn't know Countesses were so neighbourly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- What had a person devoted to a serious calling, that of education, to do with Counts and Countesses, hotels and ch?teaux? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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