Definitions
Woman with the rank of count or wife of a count.
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman cuntesse, Old French contesse, from Latin comitissa; equivalent to count + -ess. Doublet of contessa.
Used in a sentence
“Elizabeth Millicent Leveson-Gower is 24th Countess of Sutherland; her son will be the 25th Earl.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Female noble”8 letters
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