vicomte

[ vee-kawnt ]

noun

, plural vi·comtes [vee-, kawnt].

1. a French viscount.

vicomte

/ vikɔ̃t; vikɔ̃tɛs /

noun

1. a French noble holding a rank corresponding to that of a British viscount or viscountess

Word History and Origins

Origin of vicomte¹

< French: viscount

Example Sentences

In Liaisons, Pfeiffer played a woman of virtue, pursued by the circling vulture Vicomte de Valmont.

From The Daily Beast

It was probably the widow of the marquis of this name, and the mother of the Comte and Vicomte de Beauseant.

From Project Gutenberg

The Vicomte received me so graciously that he and not I might have been the applicant for a situation.

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I was engaged with these books when the Vicomte entered, after knocking at the door.

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The Vicomte laughed in his kindly way at what he was pleased to term my high-handedness.

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Such was the beginning of my career in the service of the Vicomte de Clericy.

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