comtesse
Americannoun
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comtesses
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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 stones were immediately separated, the comtesse kept the small ones for herself and sold the larger ones in England.
From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by William Walton
As I drew near her room I beheld the comtesse at the window, supporting herself by a chair, regarding the grave with an earnest longing gaze which I cannot bear to recall.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
The comte and comtesse can scarcely yet be called old, their health and vigor remain, and they enjoy still those blessings which a kind Providence is pleased to bestow on the most favored.
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
"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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