viscount's

Below an earl's

Viscount's is the possessive form of viscount, a rank of European nobility falling between earl and baron.

The word indicates something belonging to or associated with a viscount: the viscount's estate, the viscount's eldest daughter.

The female equivalent is viscountess.

nobility

title

Formal honorific or name

peerageSystem of noble ranks
rankPosition in hierarchy
baronLow-ranking peer

earl · estate · aristocracy · lordship · coronet · lineage · hereditary · succession · nobility · gentry

property

manor

Landed aristocratic residence

landsComes to ground
holdingsProperty one owns
demesneLord's private estate

tenants · grounds · seat · hall · park · inheritance · fortune · wealth · servants · household

social

wife

Female marriage partner

daughterFemale child of parents
sonMale child relation
familyRelated people together

marriage · dowry · society · court · reception · ball · invitation · introduction · calling · etiquette

Opposites

noble rank hierarchy

viscount'sduke's

Of a high peer

king's · emperor's · queen's · sovereign's · monarch's

social class/status

viscount'scommoner's

Belonging to non-aristocracy

peasant's · servant's · pauper's · beggar's · yeoman's

Family

viscount, viscounts, viscountess, viscountesses

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