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countess
[koun-tis]
noun
the wife or widow of a count in the nobility of Continental Europe or of an earl in the British peerage.
a woman having the rank of a count or earl in her own right.
countess
/ ˈ첹ʊԳɪ /
noun
the wife or widow of a count or earl
a woman of the rank of count or earl
Gender Note
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
As an American woman who married into the British aristocracy back in 2004, the countess knows firsthand the challenge of slipping between two cultures.
When she meets the countess and Blitzkopf the parrot, the magical stories she hears helps her to solve a painful mystery.
The countess helped plan the village and designed its pavilion.
Moore’s strategic countess can only elevate her position and that of her family by using George, which she does without guilt.
It tells the story of a count and countess whiling away their days in a secluded villa surrounded by a garden as a horde of rabble rousers approaches.
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