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countess

[koun-tis] / ˈkaʊn tɪs /






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In 2017, Epstein introduced Barrett to Nicole Junkermann, a German countess and entrepreneur who Epstein said in an email wanted to invest $100 million through JPMorgan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

The dowager countess haunts the film, Fellowes says.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

As an American woman who married into the British aristocracy back in 2004, the countess knows firsthand the challenge of slipping between two cultures.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

After supper that same evening the countess got up and clapped her hands to quiet everyone down.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo