vicomte

American  

[vee-kawnt] / viˈkɔ̃t /

noun

plural

vicomtes

1. a French viscount.

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vicomte British  

/ vikɔ̃t, vikɔ̃tɛs /

noun

1. a French noble holding a rank corresponding to that of a British viscount or viscountess

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Etymology

Origin of vicomte

< French: viscount

Example Sentences

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

And Good Samaritan Ruby is there with shelter when the withered mistress of a septuagenarian vicomte is left stranded by his death.

From Time Magazine Archive

With perfect tact Madame de Lucenay seized the opportunity of saying no more about the vicomte, and of engaging M. de Saint-Remy to talk of a subject to which he attached such great importance.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène