Countess

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Countess \Count"ess\ (kount"?s), n.; pl. {Countesses} (-?s). [F.
     comtesse. See {Count} a nobleman.]
     The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in
     the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same
     dignity in her own right. See the Note under {Count}.
     [1913 Webster] Countinghouse



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  countess
       n : female equivalent of a count or earl