countess
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++coun·tess /ˈkaʊntɪs/ noun [countable] PGa woman with the same rank as an earl or a count2(9) 伯爵夫人；女伯爵
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countess• Few people watching the tearful, scruffily-dressed woman burst through the court doors to freedom would have recognised her as a countess.• The wife of an earl is a countess, and if that earl dies his wife becomes the Dowager Lady Blank.• Now she knew why he was consorting with a countess.• Allie Byrne gives an enjoyable performance as the cool countess who is attracted to Viola now known as Caesario.• They, together with the custody of the young earl, were given to the dowager countess and so remained under Herbert control.• There was only a call from Titi, the resident countess, inviting him for cocktails that afternoon.• The story concerns a wealthy countess who creates a fictional fianc e to avoid the fellows hitting on her.Origin countess (1100-1200) Old French contesse, from Medieval Latin comitissa, from Latin comes; → COUNT2coun·tess nounChineseSyllable
as rank Corpus a or same the a with an earl woman
countess
coun‧tess /ˈkaʊntəs, ˈkaʊntɪs/
noun [countable]
coun‧tess /ˈkaʊntəs, ˈkaʊntɪs/
noun [countable] Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: contesse, from Medieval Latin comitissa, from Latin comes; ⇨ count2
a woman with the same rank as an earl or a count2(9)
Language: Old French
Origin: contesse, from Medieval Latin comitissa, from Latin comes; ⇨ count2