countess

• Countess

From Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitessa; equivalent to count +‎ -ess. Doublet of contessa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntɪs/

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countess (plural countesses)

1. The wife of a count or earl.
2. A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

   Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl.

• (the wife of an earl, a female holder of an earldom): earless (nonstandard)

• comtesse (“French countess”)
• contessa (“Italian countess”)
• gräfin (“German countess”)

• Countess Wear

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