Meanings
plural viscounties
- An estate held (as fief or nominally) with the title of viscount
1 more example
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
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Origin
- Middle Frenchviscounté
- Middle Englishviscountie
- Englishviscounty
From Middle English viscountie, from Middle French viscounté; equivalent to viscount + -y.
More words from Middle English, Middle French
Full word history & related roots →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
Cite this entry
viscounty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscounty
“viscounty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscounty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “viscounty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viscounty.
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