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How to pronounce viscount in English?

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Type Words
Type of peer
Type Words
Type of lord, noble, nobleman

Examples of viscount

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Viscount Palmerston was Tiverton's M.P. for 30 years from 1835 until his death.
From the middevonstar.co.uk
Viscount Cranborne is the courtesy title of the heir to the Marquess of Salisbury.
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Viscount Linley, 51, founded the firm, called simply Linley, at the age of 20.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
If you press the viscount, his pleasant irony gives way to a surprising bitterness.
From the economist.com
Viscount took on two greats Northerly, with Damien Oliver up, and Sunline.
From the smh.com.au
And the dear little Sadiq one said meeting an actual viscount was his dream come true?
From the guardian.co.uk
His wife is the daughter of a baronet and the stepdaughter of a viscount.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Subsequently the disgraced viscount devoted himself to study and writing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The wife of a marquess is a marchioness, of an earl a countess, of a viscount a viscountess.
From the telegraph.co.uk
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  • (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
  • A British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
  • A viscount (-count) is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl (in Britain) or a count (the earl's continental equivalent).
  • Viscount biscuits are a classic British biscuit which consist of a circular base of biscuit, topped with a creamy mint or orange flavouring and covered with a layer of milk chocolate. They are made by Burton's Foods.
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  • Viscount International SpA (Viscount) is a musical instrument manufacturer based in Mondaino, Italy. The brand Viscount was registered in 1969 by Marcello Galanti, but the company was established in the late 19th century by his forefather Antonio Galanti. ...
  • (The Viscounts (UK)) The Viscounts were a British pop group from London. Its members had formerly been part of a TV ensemble called Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang. ...
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  • The name given to officers William I chose to replace the English Sheriffs, eventually growing in stature in the peerage to follow counts and earls, superseding the rank of baron.