comtesse
Americannoun
plural
comtessesExample Sentences
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"But to-day I moos go to ze comtesse, an' afterward you sall ask her, eef you want me."
From The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia by De Mille, James
Pendant ce temps, il existait dans la ville un ange de beaut�, la comtesse Ketty O'Connor.
From Poems by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
The comtesse de Lamotte assured the cardinal that she was making efforts on his behalf, and soon announced to him that he might send his justification to Marie Antoinette.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
The new dispensation did not ostracize the purely artistic element, but, as the comtesse tersely put it, "dor�navant, je ne recevrai que ceux qui ont de l'art ou des armoiries."
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
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
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