Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rank, title, or dignity of a viscount.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rank or dignity of a viscount.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
rank orjurisdiction of aviscount .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the title of a viscount
- noun the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess
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Examples
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Closely after royalty, I believe, and far, far above the heir to a viscountcy.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Closely after royalty, I believe, and far, far above the heir to a viscountcy.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Closely after royalty, I believe, and far, far above the heir to a viscountcy.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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His viscountcy should be up there among all those letters, no?
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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In 1895, Viscount Garnet Wolseley finally displaced the “great German sausage” the duke of Cambridge as commander-in-chief of the British army; on his death in 1913, his daughter Frances inherited his viscountcy.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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In 1895, Viscount Garnet Wolseley finally displaced the “great German sausage” the duke of Cambridge as commander-in-chief of the British army; on his death in 1913, his daughter Frances inherited his viscountcy.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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In 1895, Viscount Garnet Wolseley finally displaced the “great German sausage” the duke of Cambridge as commander-in-chief of the British army; on his death in 1913, his daughter Frances inherited his viscountcy.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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A lover who had, unexpectedly, inherited a viscountcy.
Tutoring Lady Jane Featherstone, Charlotte 2005
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He hoped the building might turn him an earl but, not being a gentleman, had to be satisfied with a viscountcy.
Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004
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He hoped the building might turn him an earl but, not being a gentleman, had to be satisfied with a viscountcy.
Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The Giles Waterfield 2004
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