Defn: The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
COUNTINGHOUSE; COUNTINGROOM
Count"ing*house` (kount"ng-hous`), Count"ing*room` (kount"ng-rm`), n.
Etym: [See Count, v. ]
Defn: The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.
COUNTLESS
Count"less (-ls), a.
Defn: Incapable of being counted; not ascertainable; innumerable.
COUNTOR
Count"or (kount"r), n. Etym: [From Count, v. t. (in sense 4).] (O.
Eng. Law)
Defn: An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause. [Obs.] Burrill.
COUNTOUR; COUNTOURHOUSE
Coun*tour" (kn-tr"), Coun*tour"house` (-hous`), n. Etym: [See 2d
Counter.]
Defn: A merchant's office; a countinghouse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
COUNTRE-
Coun"tre- (koun"ter-).