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contessa

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con·tes·sa  (kn-ts, kn-tssä)
n.
An Italian countess.
[Italian, feminine of conte, count, from Late Latin comes, comit-; see count2.]


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A dear friend of mine, Contessa Baroncelli, has two daughters, and when she cannot send a maid to school with them, she lets them go in sailor-hats instead.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
very nice ones--the Cavaliere Bombicci and the Contessa Altemura, with whom they had had a great friendship.
The Aspern Papers by James, Henry View in context
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