Definitions for: Viscount


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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

See Also: Lord, noble, nobleman, peer

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