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- noun Plural form of
countess .
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Examples
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The Dyea dance-halls are full of 'countesses' like you -- counting percentage checks.
The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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And it is strange to see the perfectly respectable Englishwoman admiring the same daring costumes of the French pseudo - "countesses" at which they have held up their hands in horror when they have seen them pictured in the papers wearing those latest "creations" of the Place Vendome.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux 1895
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(You changed the end of the second verse -- you said "countesses" instead of "duchesses" -- begin again.)
The Martian George Du Maurier 1865
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Widowed "countesses," proved guilty of "immorality," suffered death by fire or sword.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Relatively speaking, the royals have plenty to pluck from when it comes to filling its wedding party morning coats -- dukes, earls, barons and too many viscounts and countesses to count.
Wendy Sachs: The Royal Wedding: Nannies, Princes and Page Boys Wendy Sachs 2011
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Relatively speaking, the royals have plenty to pluck from when it comes to filling its wedding party morning coats -- dukes, earls, barons and too many viscounts and countesses to count.
Wendy Sachs: The Royal Wedding: Nannies, Princes and Page Boys Wendy Sachs 2011
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Relatively speaking, the royals have plenty to pluck from when it comes to filling its wedding party morning coats -- dukes, earls, barons and too many viscounts and countesses to count.
Wendy Sachs: The Royal Wedding: Nannies, Princes and Page Boys Wendy Sachs 2011
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Relatively speaking, the royals have plenty to pluck from when it comes to filling its wedding party morning coats -- dukes, earls, barons and too many viscounts and countesses to count.
Wendy Sachs: The Royal Wedding: Nannies, Princes and Page Boys Wendy Sachs 2011
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Relatively speaking, the royals have plenty to pluck from when it comes to filling its wedding party morning coats -- dukes, earls, barons and too many viscounts and countesses to count.
Wendy Sachs: The Royal Wedding: Nannies, Princes and Page Boys Wendy Sachs 2011
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Relatively speaking, the royals have plenty to pluck from when it comes to filling its wedding party morning coats -- dukes, earls, barons and too many viscounts and countesses to count.
Wendy Sachs: The Royal Wedding: Nannies, Princes and Page Boys Wendy Sachs 2011
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