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Definition of Countesses
1. countess [n] - See also: countess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countesses
Literary usage of Countesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Napoleon in Exile: Or, A Voice from St. Helena. The Opinions and Reflections by Barry Edward O'Meara, Napoleon (1822)
"Lady Lowe came up to Longwood, and for the first time paid a visit to countesses
Bertrand and Montholon. Gth.T-Napoleon observed to me, that the visit of ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"At every period of his life queens, duchesses, and countesses have showered on
him their regard. The Duke of Dorset, recently sent ambassador to France ..."
3. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin (1819)
"countesses of Lenox and Shrewsbury imprisoned.—Queen refuses the sovereignty of
Holland.—Her remar/cable speech to the deputies.—Alchemy.—Notice of Dr. Dee. ..."
4. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"Her sponsors were the duke of Ormond, and the countesses of Clarendon and Arundel.
The maternal joy of Mary Beatrice was as usual doomed to be succeeded by ..."
5. Scandinavian Folk-lore: Illustrations of the Traditional Beliefs of the by William Alexander Craigie (1896)
"The Three countesses at Trane-kaer. IN Trane-kier castle there is a room, which
in old times was so much haunted, that no one could stay in it overnight. ..."
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