comtesse
Americannoun
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comtesses
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The comtesse de Lamotte was not arrested until the 18th of August, after having destroyed her papers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
Not for a moment did the comtesse allow her darling to be out of her arms.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
His house, over which the comtesse de Boufflers presided, was the resort of many men of letters, and he was a patron of Jean Jacques Rousseau.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
The old comtesse accepted the offer with all the shrinking reluctance a hungry dog shows at the proffer of a bone.
From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune
The character of the comtesse meantime displayed itself.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
"Your Majesties, Your Highness, ministers, comtes and comtesses, barons and baronesses, ladies and gentlemen of the court, people of Orléans, welcome to our kingdom's most notable tradition, the Beauté Carnaval."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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