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Viscount :: Viscount (a.) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county..

Earl :: Earl (n.) A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count..

Baron :: Baron (n.) A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France and Germany, a nobleman next in rank below a count; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount..

Peer :: Peer (n.) A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm..

Viscount :: Viscount (a.) 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..

Viscountcy :: Viscountcy (n.) The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount.

Vicount :: Vicount (n.) See Viscount.

Vicontiel :: Vicontiel (a.) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country.

Viscountship :: Viscountship (n.) Alt. of Viscount.

Viscounty :: Viscounty (n.) The quality, rank, or office of a viscount..

Viscountess :: Viscountess (n.) The wife of a viscount.

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