Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
countess .
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I leave you to judge of the fury of the lady or ladies, for the contesse de Grammont was no less irritated than the other, always prepossessed with the idea, that to please the king was to wrong their family.
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself Etienne-L��on Lamothe-Langon 1825
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