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contesse (1155)
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contesse (1155)

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countasse,  counteise,  countés,  countesse;  cuntesse;  (comitesse (l. countesse?)  GRANDISSON 1544,  contaesse  GR iii 561a,  counttays  Calverley 133,  cuntasce)  
  FEW:  comes 2/ii,940b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  comtesse 9,143a TL: contesse 2,772 DEAF:  conte 1 (contesse)  DMF:  comtesse  TLF:  comte  OED:  countesse n.  MED:  countes(se n.  DMLBS:  comitissa 390a

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1femalestatuscountess: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tant pur le cunte guerreier Tant pur la cuntesse aprismer  Brut WACE 8640
( MS: s.xiii2 )  cometissa: cuntesse  TLL ii 25
( 1310 )  Isabel la Contesse de A.  YBB Ed II iii 196
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  un conte, une contesse  Man lang1 51.8
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  le dite counte […] ou sa feme la counteise  Anon Chr1 60.2
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1279 )  Agnes Cuntasce  Family Names Countess
( 1327 )  John le Contesse  Family Names Countess

See also:

conte2  conté  contour1 
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