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Countess : (noun)
1: female equivalent of a count or earl
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Countess : \Count"ess\ (kount"?s), n.; pl. Countesses (-?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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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