'Viscount' definitions:
Definition of 'viscount'
(from WordNet)
noun
(in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
noun
A British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
Definition of 'Viscount'
From: GCIDE
- Viscount \Vis"count`\, n. [OE. vicounte, OF. visconte, vescunte, F. vicomte, LL. vicecomes; L. vice (see Vice, a.) + comes a companion, LL., a count. See Count.]
- 1. (O. Eng. Law) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3. [Eng.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'viscount'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archduke,
- aristocrat,
- armiger,
- baron,
- baronet,
- blue blood,
- Brahman,
- count,
- daimio,
- duke,
- earl,
- esquire,
- gentleman,
- grand duke,
- grandee,
- hidalgo,
- lace-curtain,
- laird,
- landgrave,
- lord,
- lordling,
- magnate,
- magnifico,
- margrave,
- marquis,
- noble,
- nobleman,
- optimate,
- palsgrave,
- patrician,
- peer,
- seigneur,
- seignior,
- silk-stocking,
- squire,
- swell,
- thoroughbred,
- upper-cruster,
- waldgrave