countess

About 3.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The wife of a count or earl.
2. noun A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

   Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl.

Similar words

comtesse contessa ladyship dowager servant maid wench lady peeress noblewoman

Often followed by

of de was and had in to is matilda

Word family

countesses