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VISCOUNTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does viscounty mean?
• VISCOUNTY (noun)
The noun VISCOUNTY has 2 senses:
1. the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess
2. the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
Familiarity information: VISCOUNTY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
viscountcy; viscounty
Hypernyms ("viscounty" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("viscounty" is a kind of...):
demesne; domain; land (territory over which rule or control is exercised)
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