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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



















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