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VISCOUNTESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("viscountess" is a kind of...):
peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)
Instance hyponyms:
Astor; Nancy Witcher Astor; Viscountess Astor (British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A wife or widow of a viscount
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("viscountess" is a kind of...):
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
