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Definition of viscount noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

viscount

noun
 
/ˈvaɪkaʊnt/
 
/ˈvaɪkaʊnt/
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  1. (in the UK) a nobleman of a rank below an earl and above a baron
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French visconte, from medieval Latin vicecomes, vicecomit- (from vice- and the title count).
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