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countess
[ koun-tis ]
/ ˈkaʊn tɪs /
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noun
the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
a woman having the rank of a count or earl in her own right.
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See -ess.
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countess
/ (ˈkaʊntɪs) /
noun
the wife or widow of a count or earl
a woman of the rank of count or earl
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