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vicount

vicount is the archaic form of viscount.

Meaning of viscount

Noun

viscount (plural viscounts)

  1. A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.

See all 5 meanings of viscount

Forms of vicount

pluralvicounts

Questions about vicount

What is vicount the archaic form of?
Vicount is the archaic form of viscount.

Words near vicount in the dictionary

  1. vicomtesse
  2. vicomtesses
  3. Viconian
  4. vicontiel
  5. vicontiels
  6. vicount
  7. vicounts
  8. vicriviroc
  9. vicrostatin
  10. vics
  11. vict'ries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vicount (page history and authors); viscount (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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