contessa

[kawn-tes-sah; English kuh n-tes-uh] /kɔnˈtɛs sɑ; English kənˈtɛs ə/

noun, plural contesse

[kawn-tes-se] /kɔnˈtɛs sɛ/ (Show IPA). English, contessas. Italian.

countess.

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Best consult Dr. contesse, though indeed he himself had a preventive of fever which never failed.

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Haward lifted his head, and as contesse passed him to set down the cup, caught him by the sleeve.

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Word Origin and History for contesse

1819, from Italian contessa, from Medieval Latin cometissa (see countess).

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