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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Viscount \Vis"count`\, n. [OE. vicounte, OF. visconte, vescunte, F. vicomte, LL. vicecomes; L. vice (see Vice, a.) + comes a companion, LL., a count. See Count.]
(O. Eng. Law) 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.,
[Eng.]
--Chaucer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "deputy of a count or earl," from Anglo-French and Old French visconte (Modern French vicomte), from Medieval Latin vicecomes (genitive vicecomitis), from Late Latin vice- "deputy" (see vice-) + Latin comes "member of an imperial court, nobleman" (see count (n.)). As a rank in British peerage, first recorded 1440. Related: Viscountess.
Wiktionary
n. A member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl.
WordNet
n. (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
Wikipedia
A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey a lower-middling rank. In many countries a 'viscount', and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial position, and did not develop into a hereditary title until much later. In the case of French viscounts, it is customary to leave the title untranslated as vicomte.
Viscount International SpA (Viscount) is a musical instrument manufacturer based in Mondaino, Italy. The brand Viscount was registered in 1969 by Marcello Galanti, but the company was established in the late 19th century by his forefather Antonio Galanti. After 1969 Viscount’s primary focus has been on classic organs and digital pianos. Several alternative brands were formed in the 2000s to aim at expanding into other markets: VERSE and Voice Systems, respectively, for the high and low-end Pro-Audio markets and Physis for digital organs using Viscount’s physical modeling technology. The company also used the Oberheim brand for several years, to market vintage organs, synthesizers and guitar effects. Currently, Viscount’s manufacturing and R&D activity is based in Italy. The company has been continuously owned by the Galanti family since its inception.
Viscount is a type of European nobility.
Viscount may also refer to:
- Viscount (musical instrument manufacturer), an Italian company
- Vickers Viscount, a turboprop airliner
- Viscount (biscuit)
- Viscount No. 341, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Viscount, Saskatchewan, a village in Saskatchewan, Canada
-
, a British destroyer in commission in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1945
- Viscount Island, on the Central Coast of British Columbia
Viscount biscuits are a classic British biscuit which consist of a circular base of biscuit, topped with a creamy mint or orange flavouring and covered with a layer of milk chocolate. They are made by Burton's Foods. They are commonly pronounced as ( VI-COUNT)
Viscounts are known for their shiny foil wrappers which have different colours depending on the biscuit inside—mint biscuits are contained within a green foil wrapper and orange flavoured biscuits are contained within an orange wrapper. The wrapper also has the word Viscount printed on it.
Viscount biscuits were redesigned in April 2005, to make the product more appealing to the adult luxury market. The redesign was done by Beswick Design. As part of the redesign, Burton's launched a mini version of the Viscount, which comes in a tub similar to those used for packaging ice cream. However, the coloured wrappers for the two flavours were retained.
For a period during the mid- to late- 1990s, double chocolate Viscount biscuits were available, with a chocolate cream filling, and were sold in a purple foil wrapper.
In November 2010, Burton's launched Cadbury Festives as part of its Cadbury Christmas Biscuits range, these are essentially the same as Viscount Biscuits, but branded under the Cadbury name, with Cadbury Chocolate used in place of the standard Chocolate coating.
Burton's customer services department confirmed when asked on 1st October 2014 that they no longer manufacture the orange-flavour Viscount biscuits.
Usage examples of "viscount".
Blaye with a cargo of wine, and had taken our discharge, and were now bound for Agen to see our families, before joining the force that the Viscount de Rouillac, under whom our father held a farm, would no doubt be putting in the field.
Yes, Comstock has put Viscount Bolingbroke on the spot regarding that Asiento money.
Lord Gerard, the Earl of Hardwicke, Viscount Royston, Sam Batchelor, and Tyrwhitt Wilson.
Biddenham, formerly belonging to the family of Boteler, and now the property of Lord Viscount Hampden, which is due and regularly paid on St.
A viscount, the island eorl mused, thinking that practically every fourth man in Eriador seemed to hold claim to that title, or to one of baron.
Fancot, hauled off the step of the coach by the jarvey, called upon the Viscount to come and give this individual one in the bread-basket, but the Viscount had more important matters to attend to.
With this, he thrust the Viscount into the coach, gave a hurried direction to the jarvey, climbed into the coach himself, and slammed the door.
Having been acquainted with the viscount for so many years, neither Sir Malcolm nor Jynx were likely to credit any attempts to blacken his character.
Gorsuch, as regent for young Duke Uulrac, Duke Estalin, Viscount Rystryr, suggesting that it may be necessary for them to raise levies to deal with the problem of Spidlar.
No sooner had the ship anchored than an order from Loral Keith was delivered to Captain Maitland, from which the following is an extract: Extract of an Order from Admiral Viscount Keith, G.
In addition to the King, the Constable and both Marshals, and the bearer of the Oriflamme, who were either dead or taken, the victors captured one fighting archbishop, 13 counts, 5 viscounts, 21 barons and bannerets, and some 2,000 knights, squires, and men-at- arms of the gentry.
Viscount, Pippin herself could not say, but she had allowed Nabby to take unusual trouble over her appearance.
The only spoor out there was that of the wild buffalo herds, of the dainty red puku antelope, and the tracks of nine men, the same tracks that led from the crash site of the Viscount, and which Tungata and his cadre had laid only three hours previously.
Derrick by marriage and related to Lady Renable and Viscount Elrick and Viscount Mowbury.
Maria Rosso was issuing the viscount a sultry invitation with her eyes.