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viscount

noun

Definition of viscount

as in earl

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Recent Examples of viscount On Tuesday night, members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles. — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 For more than 1,000 years, its kings and queens have presided atop a pyramid of lords, earls, viscounts, and other layers of nobility. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2026 The viscount died due to an allergic reaction from a bee sting, which was featured in Anthony and Kate Sharma's love story. — Lia Beck, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026 But will the second son of the late viscount actually settle down? — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for viscount

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Noun

Burnard and O’Shaughnessy point out that, whereas Britain regularly sent nobles to govern the Caribbean colonies—and dukes and earls to Ireland—the men appointed to administer the thirteen colonies more often lacked titles and were paid less.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
While this is partly because her father is an earl, the other part of her background honors the fact that her mother was a housemaid.

— Patricia A. Matthew, Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of earl

Noun

The marquess, however, decided not to buy the painting, which belongs to a private collection and, before now, has only ever been on public display once.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Mar. 2026
The agreement with the marquess allows Kays to take up to 25,000 tons of granite off the island by 2050.

— Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026

Definition of marquess

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Connie is married to a baronet, Clifford, who has been made impotent by a war wound, and Mellors is the gamekeeper on Clifford’s estate, Wragby.

— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The baronet wanders around his castle numb on heroin, reeling from his spectacular flameout as CEO of Lumi and the recent loss of his seat in Parliament.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2026

Definition of baronet

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As the former residence of press baron Lord Beaverbrook, the English country house hotel—which recently provided the backdrop for Arsenal and England hero Declan Rice’s British Vogue shoot—has a pretty storied past.

— Vogue, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Climate Defiance, the left-wing group whose portfolio includes disrupting both oil barons and Democrats, showed up to film skits criticizing her, with a comedian portraying her.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of baron

Noun

Medici duke died of malaria, not arsenic In 1587, Grand Duke Francesco de Medici and his wife, Bianca Cappello, died during a visit to the family villa in Poggio after a brief severe illness.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
But Buckingham Palace staff are reportedly unhappy again about the idea of accommodating the duke.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

Definition of duke

Noun

No two tales of what happened to Maelor after his knight protector was shot dead agree, but the young boy was also slain on the bridge, perhaps torn apart by the mob who assailed him, arguing over what to do with the young prince.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Corlys finds the rogue prince among Tumbleton’s dusty alleys and informs him that Ulf has turned — that the town has been lost to dragonfire while the realm watched.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of prince

Noun

Two funerals will be held for the late margrave — one open to the public, and another private service.

— Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xavier Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius, and his titles included king of Hungary and Bohemia, margrave of Moravia, and grand prince of Transylvania.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022

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