Definitions for: Countess

[n] female equivalent of a count or earl

Webster (1913) Definition: Count"ess (kount"?s), n.; pl. Countesses (-?s). [F.
comtesse. See Count a nobleman.]
The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in
the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same
dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.

See Also: Lady, noblewoman, peeress