Look up: Viscount

1. 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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2. 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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3. Viscount
   Vis'count` noun [ Middle English vicounte , Old French visconte , vescunte , French vicomte , Late Latin vicecomes ; Latin vice (see Vice , adjective ) + comes a compani...
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4. viscount
   noun a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
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5. 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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6. 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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7. viscount
   a European title of nobility, ranking immediately below a count, or earl.
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8. Viscount
   HMS Viscount was a British Thornycroft V Class destroyer of 1120 tons displacement launched in 1917. She was armed with four 4-inch guns; one 2-pounder pompom anti-aircraft gun; one machine gun; four Lewis guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triple mountings. She was powered by three ...
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9. Viscount
   Viscount is the fourth rank of nobility. The term comes from the Norman Conquest of England, when the Norman rulers applied the word viscounte to the officials appointed as sheriffs. It was not until nearly four hundred years later that it became an order of the peerage. The premier viscountcy is th...
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10. viscount
    In the UK peerage, the fourth degree of nobility, between earl and baron
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11. Viscount
    A `viscount` ( "vie-count", for male) or `viscountess` (for female) --> 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 (the earl`s continental equivalent). Etymology: The word viscount,...
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12. Viscount
    (musical instrument manufacturer) `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. A...
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13. Viscount
    (biscuit) `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. Viscounts are known for their shiny foil wrappers which have dif...
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