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comtesse

Noun

Meaning

comtesse (plural comtesses)

A French countess.

Comtesse (plural Comtesses)

A title for a French countess

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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In a month's time, I shall be able to give your Majesty news of the Comtesse de Provence, for the marriage is fixed for May 14th; they had prepared many fetes for this marriage, but now they are economising in them for want of money. Marie Antoinette

On 6 February 1236, she founded the Countess's Hospital ( Hospice Comtesse ), which remains one of the most beautiful buildings in Old Lille. Source: Internet

The American poet Walt Whitman cited Sand's novel Consuelo as a personal favorite, and the sequel to this novel, La Comtesse de Rudolstadt, contains at least a couple of passages that appear to have had a very direct influence on him. Source: Internet

His following play, La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas, is considered one of his lesser works. Source: Internet

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