Look up: Viscount

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   Viscount
   A Viscount was a sheriff who acted as deputy for the count or lord-lieutenant of a county. The title was first bestowed upon John Beaumont in 1440 by Henry VI. The term later developed into a rank of nobility between earl and baron. In Jersey a Viscount is an officer of the crown similar to an English coroner.
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   Viscount
   The Viscount is a British passenger airliner. It carries 73 passengers and a crew of 3. It has a range of 1725 miles and a top cruising speed of 357mph.
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   Viscount
   [n] - (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count 2. [n] - a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
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   viscount
   In the UK peerage, the fourth degree of nobility, between earl and baron. The title was first granted in England in 1440 to John, Lord Beaumont. Originally the title was given to the deputy sheriff,...
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   Viscount
   Vis'count` noun [ Middle English vicounte , Old French visconte , vescunte , French vicomte , Late Latin vicecomes ; Latin vice (see Vice , adjective ) + comes a companion, Late Latin , a count. See Count .] 1. (O. Eng. Law) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the ...
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   viscount
   noun a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
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   Viscount
   A `viscount` (pronounced ) is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl (in Britain) or a count (his continental equivalent).
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   Viscount
   • (a.) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county. • (a.) 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., 3.
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   Viscount
   (from the article `airplane`) ...airlines. In the United States the relatively short stage of these planes and the high fuel consumption in comparison with the best piston planes ... ...had their greatest success with turboprop airliners, in which the propulsive power of the jet engines was transferred to a propeller through a ... [2...
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    viscount
    a European title of nobility, ranking immediately below a count, or earl.
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