vis·count

(vī′kount′)

1. A nobleman ranking below an earl or count and above a baron.

2. Used as a title for such a nobleman.

[Middle English, from Old French visconte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, vicecomit- : Late Latin vice-, vice- + Late Latin comes, occupant of any state office; see count².]

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viscount

(ˈvaɪkaʊnt)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the British Isles) a nobleman ranking below an earl and above a baron

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in various countries) a son or younger brother of a count. See also vicomte

3. (Historical Terms) (in medieval Europe) the deputy of a count

[C14: from Old French visconte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Late Latin vice- vice³ + comes count²]

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vis•count

(ˈvaɪˌkaʊnt)

n.

a nobleman next below an earl or count and next above a baron.

[1350–1400; Middle English viscounte < Anglo-French; Old French visconte (French vicomte) =vis vice³ + counte count²]

vis′count•cy, n., pl. -cies.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	viscount - (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count noble, nobleman, Lord - a titled peer of the realm
	2.	viscount - a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron peer - a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

Translations

فيكونت: لقَب شَرَف

vikomt

engelsk adelstitel

vicomte

greifi

visconte

vikontasvikontėvikonto žmona

vikonts

vicomte

виконт

vikomt

vikont

子爵

viscount

[ˈvaɪkaʊnt] N → vizconde m

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viscount

[ˈvaɪkaʊnt] n → vicomte m

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viscount

n → Viscount m

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viscount

[ˈvaɪkaʊnt] n → visconte m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

viscount

(ˈvaikaunt) noun

a nobleman next in rank below an earl.

ˈviscountess noun

1. the wife or widow of a viscount.

2. a woman of the same rank as a viscount.

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The old abbe, alarmed at the responsibility, entreated his niece to return instantly and help him to receive this guest, and do the honors of the house; for the viscount's letter had been delayed, and he might descend upon his shoulders that very night.

The viscount's strength had all the distinction of elegance; his figure had preserved its magnificent dignity.

The old maid had never before met any man as seductive as this Olympean viscount. She might have said to herself, as the Germans do, "This is my ideal!" instead of which she felt herself bound from head to foot, and could only say, "Here's my affair!" Then she flew to Mariette to know if the dinner could be put back a while without loss of excellence.

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VISCOUNT GORING, his Son SIR ROBERT CHILTERN, Bart., Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs VICOMTE DE NANJAC, Attache at the French Embassy in London MR.

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The viscount threw up his arms with a gesture of despair.

At first, the viscount refused to believe; but he received such exact details that he ceased protesting.

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Athos, foreseeing the period when he should make a soldier of the viscount, had inured him to all kinds of arduous undertakings.

"I am the Viscount de Bragelonne," answered Raoul, blushing at being unable to name his father, as the Count de Guiche had done.

"Viscount, your countenance, your goodness and your courage incline me toward you; my gratitude is already due.

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"Your excellency," he said, "the master of the Hotel de Londres has sent to let you know that a man is waiting for you with a letter from the Viscount of Morcerf."

"Are not you the person who brought me a letter," inquired Franz, "from the Viscount of Morcerf?"

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Sir Walter had once been in company with the late viscount, but had never seen any of the rest of the family; and the difficulties of the case arose from there having been a suspension of all intercourse by letters of ceremony, ever since the death of that said late viscount, when, in consequence of a dangerous illness of Sir Walter's at the same time, there had been an unlucky omission at Kellynch.

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