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viscount

vis·count

UK/ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt/ US/ˈvɪskaʊnt/ uncommon

noun

1.

(in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count

2.

a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron

Origin

From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.

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