comtesse

noun

Etymology

From French comtesse.

  1. borrowed from comtesse

Definitions

  1. A French countess.

    • The king is impatient to see the comtesse, and I have promised that she will sup with him to-morrow evening in my apartment at Versailles.
    • ‘Louise Victoria is a comtesse?’ murmured the major. […] You’ll agree, I think, Madame Dupont, that some young ladies are to be cherished, whether they’re comtesses or not?
  2. A title for a French countess

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA