viscount
noun/ˈvaɪkaʊnt/
/ˈvaɪkaʊnt/
- (in the UK) a nobleman of a rank below an earl and above a baronWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French visconte, from medieval Latin vicecomes, vicecomit- (from vice- and the title count).
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