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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Viscount \Vis"count`\, n. [OE. vicounte, OF. visconte, vescunte,
   F. vicomte, LL. vicecomes; L. vice (see {Vice}, a.) + comes a
   companion, LL., a count. See {Count}.]
   1. (O. Eng. Law) An officer who formerly supplied the place
      of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.

   2. A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl
      and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of
      nobility. See {Peer}, n., 3. [Eng.] --Chaucer.

资料来源 : WordNet®

viscount
     n 1: (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count
     2: a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron