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noun
The rank or position of a count.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A territory (principality, province, etc.) ruled and administered by a count.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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History
Etymology tree Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English countship From count + -ship.
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