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How to pronounce countess in English?

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Type Words
Type of lady, noblewoman, peeress

Examples of countess

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For the dowager countess, there could not be enough smelling salts in the world.
From the independent.co.uk
If I'm playing a Russian countess, I get the hat, the accent, the outrageousness.
From the nytimes.com
It is a story about a countess, a jester, and a bard who catch a fish that talks.
From the en.wikipedia.org
You can basically hear the dowager countess grumbling through the entire episode.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Andrew Nance directs this musical tale of a down-on-her-luck Russian countess.
From the sfgate.com
Countess Degenhard Wurmbrand, as she was known, lived in Austria in the 1920s.
From the sfgate.com
Roglo gives her as of Kirchberg but with the title of countess of Sayn-Hachenburg.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Countess Katie was scheduled to run in the first race at Churchill Downs on Friday.
From the omaha.com
The pilgrim is sent on a fact-finding mission to speak with the countess in Tripoli.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • Female equivalent of a count or earl
  • Count (male) or countess (female) is a title in European countries for a noble of varying status, but historically deemed to convey an approximate rank intermediate between the highest and lowest titles of nobility...
  • Countess is a black metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 1992. They have released around a dozen full-length CDs, and are considered one of the most eminent Dutch black metal bands.
  • The wife of a count or earl, or the title used by a women who holds the title in her own right; The title used by a female who holds an earldom in her own right
  • A lady who has been Queen once.
  • The wife of an earl.