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Viscountess

noun
1.
A wife or widow of a viscount.
2.
A noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.



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"Viscountess" Quotes from Famous Books



... lover had been entirely blind, the husband possessed but too quick discernment and penetration. III instruments interposed, and put a malignant interpretation on the harmless liberties of the queen: the viscountess of Rocheford, in particular, who was married to the queen's brother, but who lived on bad terms with her sister-in-law, insinuated the most cruel suspicions into the king's mind; and as she was a woman of a profligate character, ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. - From Henry VII. to Mary • David Hume
... No, sage Viscountess HARBERTON, sweet Mrs. STOPES, You had better not nourish ridiculous hopes About "rationalising" our frocks and our shoes. There is just one invincible thing, and that's Fashion! That object of every true woman's chief passion, 'Tis vain to ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 • Various


Words linked to "Viscountess" :   wife, married woman, Nancy Witcher Astor, Astor, peer


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