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Vinony

viscount

noun

  1. title of nobility
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.kaʊnt/

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

noun

Etymology: From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.

  1. A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.