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An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.

The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount. Sir B. Burke.

The wife of a viscount.

The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.

unt; in England, a nobleman of the lowest grade in the House of Lords, being next below a viscount.

A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.

a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm. A noble peer of mickle trust and power. Milton. House of Peers, The Peers, the British House of Lords. See Parliament. -- Spiritual peers, the bishops and archibishops, or lords spiritual…

Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country. Vicontiel rents. See Vicontiels. -- Vicontiel writs, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.

See Viscount.