countess-ship
noun
The position or rank of countess; (with possessive adjective) a title of respect given to a countess.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in George Chapman (?1560–1634), poet and playwright.
- long-tailed field mouse
- long-tailed tit
- long-term
- long-termism
- long-termist
- long-term memory
- long-term potentiation
- long-time
- long time no see
- long tom
- long ton
- long-track
- longueur
- long underwear
- long vacation
- Longview
- long waist
- long-waisted
- longwall
- long wave
- longways
- long weekend
- long-winded
- long-windedly
- long-windedness