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BNC: 10690 COCA: 19451

countess

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
countess /ˈkaʊntəs/ noun
plural countesses
countess
/ˈkaʊntəs/
noun
plural countesses
Learner's definition of COUNTESS
[count]
: the wife of a count or an earl伯爵夫人
: a woman who has the rank of count or earl女伯爵
BNC: 10690 COCA: 19451

countess

noun

count·​ess ˈkau̇n-təs How to pronounce countess (audio)
1
: the wife or widow of an earl or count
2
: a woman who holds in her own right the rank of earl or count

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Maiwenn is also starring in the movie as Jeanne du Barry, a countess who was Louis XV’s last mistress. Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 July 2022 All that’s missing is you—and perhaps a certain countess. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2022 The château—once the summerhouse of the countess du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV—is a stone’s throw from the former horse stables and staff quarters that now house Le Doyenné. WSJ, 18 June 2022 In 2001, its owner, an Italian countess, fell to her death from the steep hill leading to the sea, her body washing up in France. New York Times, 1 June 2022 Boras sees each of Christie's characters in this story, from a glamorous princess and a beautiful countess to a brusque businessman and a mousy missionary, as a diamond. Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2022 Thousands were evicted by the countess over the course of the Clearances. Cathleen O'grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022 Smith has portrayed the dowager countess, Violet Crawley, a character who has become best known for her devastating zingers and obsession with maintaining tradition at Downton. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 May 2022 Rhodes was born Hadassah Itzkowitz in a shtetl 50 miles outside Kyiv, not a place of opportunity but for a Russian countess who provided educational opportunities for some of the children. Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 24 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of countess was in the 12th century
BNC: 10690 COCA: 19451

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