viscount - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • create: He had the distinction of being one of only two viscounts created by Cromwell.
  • become: Promotion fees would only be paid as the barons become viscounts, counts, marquises, dukes, and eventually, WOW, princes!

Adjective modifier

  • second: The second viscount was created First Earl of Lichfield in the coronation honors of William IV in 1831.

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