Thesaurus: viscount

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1. a. An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.
2. 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.
3. n. (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
4. n. a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
5. 1. (O. Eng. Law) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county. 2. 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. [Eng.] Chaucer.
6. An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, orearl; the sheriff of the county.
7. n:100 n. (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count n. a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron