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Definition of Viscount
Viscount

An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.

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.

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Viscount Translations

viscount in German is Vicomte
viscount in Hungarian is vikomt, vicomte
viscount in Swedish is viscount


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