vicomte
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of vicomte
< French: viscount
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For instance, in one scene in the Depardieu film, Cyrano duels and vanquishes a vicomte who insults his nose.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2022
I don't need a baron, or a duke, or a vicomte.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2011
Baudouin seemed to smile as rarely as the vicomte.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next, he affronted his disciples by persuading King Louis Philippe to make him a vicomte.
From Time Magazine Archive
Foi d’honnête homme! if I hadn’t played special constable for him, you, cher vicomte, instead of being here as a plenipotentiary, might have been this day enjoying my hospitality as an exile!”
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
And since I've seen what's left of Bellegarde I have wanted to write about his wife's people too,—the dukes and vicomtes of Puysange, or even about the great Jurgen.
From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch
The edict is addressed:— “A tous roys, marquis, ducs et contes, Connestables, bailifs, vicomtes Et tous autres generalment Qui sont desoubz le firmament.”
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.
It is easy," he said, also laughing, "for a young lady with generations of counts and vicomtes behind her to be a republican.
From Lorraine A romance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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