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countess

noun
/ˈkaʊntɪs/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from comitissa
  2. derived from contesse
  3. derived from cuntesse

Definitions

  1. The wife of a count or earl.

  2. A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right

    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.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of countess.

The neighborhood

Derived

Countess Wear, countessly

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for countess. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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