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Webster 1913 Edition

Countess

Count′ess

(kount′?s)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Countesses
(-[GREEK]s)
.
[F.
comtesse
. See
Count
a nobleman.]
The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under
Count
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Countess

COUNTESS

,
Noun.
[See count.] The consort of an earl or count.

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