Viscount

['vaɪkaʊnt]

Definition

(noun.) a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron.

(noun.) (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count.

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Definition

(a.) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.

(a.) A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3.

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Definition

n. an officer who formerly acted as deputy to the earl the vice-comes: a title of nobility next below an earl:—fem. Vī′scountess.—ns. Vī′scountcy Vī′scountship Vī′scounty the rank or dignity of a viscount.

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