viscountess

n. 子爵夫人, 女子爵

发音

US /ˈvaɪkaʊntəs/

词形变化

viscountesses 复数 viscountesses

别名

V Vis. Visc. Visct Vtesse

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The wife of a viscount.

  2. 2.

    A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.

    Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

woman wife peer

词源

From Middle English viscountes, viscountesse, probably from Middle French viscontesse; equivalent to viscount + -ess. Doublet of vicomtesse.

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