Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

viscountship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vis-countship
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The role or status of viscount.

Example Sentences

"Louis persisted in struggling for the preponderance of the crown against the great vassals; succeeded in taming Peter Mauclerc, the turbulent Count of Brittany; wrung from Theobald IV., Count of Champagne, the rights of suzerainty in the countships of Chartres, Blois, and Sancerre, and the viscountship of Chateaudun, and purchased the fertile countship of Macon from its possessor."
"HARDINGE, HENRY, VISCOUNT, a distinguished soldier and Governor-General of India […] was appointed Governor-General of India, and later distinguished himself under Gough in the first Sikh War; a viscountship and pension followed in 1845[…]"

Etymology

From viscount + -ship.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: viscount

Inflected Forms

viscountships (plural)

Questions

What does viscountship mean?: The role or status of viscount.
Where does viscountship come from?: From viscount + -ship.

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