viscountess
Noun
Meaning
The wife of a viscount.
A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.
Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.
Synonyms
royal
lord
duke
princess
baron
duchess
countess
dame
lady
marquess
viscount
aristocrat
noble
earl
baroness
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Examples
Sykes (1984), p. 75 Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor She did marry an Englishman.
Viscountess Astor was not the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament.