viscountess
noun
- title of nobility
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪkaʊntəs/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English viscountes, viscountesse, probably from Middle French viscontesse; equivalent to viscount + -ess. Doublet of vicomtesse.
- The wife of a viscount.
- A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.
“Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.”