countess

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Recent Examples of countess Set in 1806, the film follows a Russian military officer (Anton Walbrook) who seeks to learn the secret of a countess (Edith Evans) who purportedly sold her soul in exchange for learning the secret to winning high-stakes card games. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025 The viral video showed Martin, dressed in custom blue Valentino, in a moment with another deb, French countess Aliénor Loppin de Montmort. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024 The property had been left to the National Alliance by a countess and was sold to the father of Fini’s partner for 300,000 euros in 2008. San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2024 Then one day, a countess checks in wearing a green parrot and promises to tell Marta seven stories. Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for countess
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Noun
  • The new episodes pick up after a time jump following the events of season 1, which saw Nan becoming a duchess (and the most influential woman in England) while Jinny made headlines for the kidnapping of her unborn child.
    Stacy Lambe, People.com, 18 June 2025
  • Producer Jane Marie had a different experience collaborating with the duchess.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • The baroness stipulated that the cabinet of curiosities remain intact.
    News Desk, Artforum, 2 June 2025
  • The baroness designed the piece in the ’60s, and it was created by the great Parisian house Maison Jansen.
    Ralph Rucci, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Dirk the Daring is one step closer to saving the princess.
    Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Kensington Palace said at the time that the princess had wanted to show her gratitude to staff at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in Chelsea, west London, and highlight their incredible work.
    Max Foster, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Multiple media outlets begin to publish explainers on the marchioness, but not all of them mention the affair rumors.
    Ellie Hall, Vulture, 9 July 2024
  • Marjorie Paget, marchioness of Anglesey, wore the necklace to the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • Try this beautiful set, $94 at Macy’s, that is adorned with well over 50 sparkling cubic zirconias in round and marquise shapes for an elegant look.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The Substance star wore a between-the-finger-ring, which had three marquise diamonds.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Bridgerton viscountess is set to star in yet another love story, this time as a woman whose life is turned upside down by an upcoming wedding and the return of a former flame.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Season 2 will follow Quinn's second book, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and the quest of the eldest Bridgerton, Anthony, to find his viscountess.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
Noun
  • The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
  • But Mary declined, preferring an informal gentlewoman’s agreement instead.
    Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Countess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countess. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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