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viscount (n.)

late 14c., "deputy of a count or earl," from Anglo-French and Old French visconte (Modern French vicomte), from Medieval Latin vicecomes (genitive vicecomitis), from Late Latin vice- "deputy" (see vice-) + Latin comes "member of an imperial court, nobleman" (see count (n.1)). As a rank in British peerage, first recorded 1440. Related: Viscountess.

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Definitions of viscount from WordNet

viscount (n.)
(in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count;
viscount (n.)
a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron;
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