Viscount

Definitions

1. A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
2. The title of a viscount.
3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.

Equivalents

Examples

“On Tuesday the King gave audiences to the Earl of Albemarle, Viscounts Melbourne and Althorp, Lord Hill, and Sir James Graham.”

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