'Countesses' definitions:

Definition of 'Countesses'

From: 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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