count

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/kaʊnt/]

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1. count (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The male ruler of a county.

Example: After his marriage, John made a progress through the country with his beautiful Elizabeth, and they purchased towns and villages and lands until he became master of nearly half Rügen, and a very considerable count in the country. His father, old James Dietrich, was made a noble-man, and his brothers and sisters gentlemen and ladies - for what cannot money do?

2. count (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.

3. count (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.

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