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viscount definition

vis·count (vī′ko̵unt′)

noun

  1. Historical in England,
    1. a deputy of an earl
    2. a sheriff
  2. a nobleman next below an earl or count and above a baron

Etymology: ME < OFr viscomte < ML vice comes: see vice- & count

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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