🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

백작부인

Pronunciation / Transliteration: baekjak-buin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Countess/ˈkaʊn.təs/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"백작부인은 정원 산책을 즐겼습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The wife or widow of a count or earl.

    "The countess welcomed all the guests to the grand annual autumn ball."
  2. 2

    A woman who holds the rank of count in her own right.

    "The ruling countess administered the vast estate with great wisdom and fairness."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French 'counesse' and Medieval Latin 'comitissa', based on 'comes' meaning companion or count. The term entered English during the Middle English period to designate the wife or widow of a count or earl, or a woman holding a peerage equal to that of a count in her own right.

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