viscountess/ˈvaɪkaʊntəs/EtymologyFrom Middle English viscountes, viscountesse, probably from Middle French viscontesse; equivalent to viscount + -ess. Doublet of vicomtesse.nounThe wife of a viscount.A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right.“Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.”