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Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French visconte, from medieval Latin vicecomes, vicecomit-(see vice-, count2).
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Title of nobility
A viscount or viscountess is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. The status and any domain held by a viscount is a viscountcy. Wikipedia