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Definition of Viscounts

Viscount
Viscount Vis"count`, n. [OE. vicounte, OF. visconte, vescunte, F. vicomte, LL. vicecomes; L. vice (see Vice, a.) + comes a companion, LL., a count. See Count.] 1. (O. Eng. Law) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county. 2. A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3. [Eng.] --Chaucer.

Meaning of Viscounts from wikipedia

- by a viscount is a viscountcy. In the case of French viscounts, the title is sometimes left untranslated as vicomte [vi.kɔ̃t]. The word viscount comes...
- among Viscounts is: Viscounts in the Peerage of England Viscounts in the Peerage of Scotland Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain Viscounts in the...
- additional Viscounts. By 1958, TCA had an operational fleet of 51 Viscounts. Aviation author Peter Pigott later wrote: "For TCA and Vickers, the Viscount was...
- The Viscounts may refer to: The Viscounts (American band) The Viscounts (British band) Viscount Viscount (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
- I created the first viscount of Châteaudun with the appointment of Geoffrey I, founder of the House of Châteaudun. The viscounts were entrusted with the...
- Earls: see List of earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Viscounts: see List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland Barons: see List of...
- publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tara, Viscounts and Barons". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University...
- of Baron Farnham: she served as Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. The Viscounts Knollys are members of the prominent Knollys family (pronounced "Nohlz")...
- of Wexford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This title gave the viscounts a seat in the Westminster House of Lords until the p****ing of the House...
- List of viscounts: Sunifred c.858 Ermenard c. 918 Guitard c. 966–985 Udalard I (son) 985–1014 Geribert (brother, regent) 985-? Ermengarda (daughter of...