VISCOUNTESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("viscountess" is a kind of...):

peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)

Instance hyponyms:

Astor; Nancy Witcher Astor; Viscountess Astor (British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A wife or widow of a viscount