County vs Viscounty - What's the difference?
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(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.
An administrative region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro and Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
A definitive geographic region, without direct administrative functions.
Characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.
*1979 , , Smiley's People , Folio Society 2010, p. 274:
*:She was a tall girl and county , with Hilary's walk: she seemed to topple even when she sat.
The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
An estate held (as fief or nominally) with the title of viscount
Viscounty is a related term of county.
As nouns the difference between county and viscounty
is that county is the land ruled by a count or a countess while viscounty is the territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official.As an adjective county
is characteristic of a ‘county family’; representative of the gentry or aristocracy of a county.county
English
Noun
(counties)- traditional county