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# countess

«countess» in Mova's school dictionary: **a noble lady, the wife of a count, or a woman who holds…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (countess, countesses)

### meaning for a pupil

A countess is a noble lady, the wife of a count, or a woman who holds the rank of count. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countess/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a grand lady who is important and can give orders to servants.

### examples

- The countess lived in the big house on the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countess/#x1)
- 'What will the Countess say?' asked the maid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countess/#x2)
- The countess was kind to the poor mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countess/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «countess» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/countess/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.