Library / English Dictionary

VISCOUNT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("viscount" is a kind of...):

peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("viscount" is a kind of...):

Lord; noble; nobleman (a titled peer of the realm)

Credits