Associations to the word «Viscountess»

Wiktionary

VISCOUNTESS, noun. The wife of a viscount.
VISCOUNTESS, noun. A female member of the peerage who bears the title in her own right.

Dictionary definition

VISCOUNTESS, noun. A wife or widow of a viscount.
VISCOUNTESS, noun. A noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats