viscounty

V4I1S1C3O1U1N1T1Y4

noun

The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official

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Meanings

nounviscounty (plural viscounties)

plural viscounties

  1. The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
  2. An estate held (as fief or nominally) with the title of viscount
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    His grace made a surrender to the crown, in 1706, of the titles conferred upon his father, and obtained a new grant of those honors, dated 17th of June, 1706, extending the remaindership to his heirs male or female, descended from William, first Earl of Queensberry, leaving the marquesate and earldom of Queensberry, with the viscounty of Drumlanrig, and barony of Douglas, of Hawick and Tibbers, untouched, and to descend according to the original patents of creation.

    1826, John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, page 262

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess

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Origin

  1. Middle Frenchviscounté
  2. Middle Englishviscountie
  3. Englishviscounty

From Middle English viscountie, from Middle French viscounté; equivalent to viscount + -y.

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Translations

Arabic فيكونتِيَّة
  • فيكونتِيَّة (vīkōntiyya)Translations
Catalan vescomtat
  • vescomtatTranslations
French vicomté
  • vicomtéTranslations
Italian viscontado
  • viscontadoTranslations
Persian ویکنتنشین
  • ویکنتنشین (vikont-nešin)Translations
Spanish vizcondado
  • vizcondadoTranslations
Turkish vikontluk
  • vikontlukTranslations
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APA

viscounty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscounty

MLA

“viscounty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscounty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “viscounty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscounty.

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