viscount
Example Sentences
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In recent years, Eton has admitted more sons of international money — fewer viscounts and more investment bankers — as well as more children from less affluent families, with the number of scholarships growing every year.
From New York Times
A duke is the highest ranking member of the English nobility, followed by marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons.
From New York Times
“Eccentric Lives,” a collection of cheeky obituaries from Britain’s Daily Telegraph, includes one about a viscount who shot at a hot-air balloon.
From New York Times
“So it is unlikely she would have been regarded as anything like an appropriate match for a viscount.”
From Los Angeles Times
A French viscount, her husband was stationed as a military attaché at the French Embassy.
From Washington Post
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