A French nobleman corresponding in rank to a British or Irish viscount.
as title‘a letter arrived for the young Vicomte de Chagny’
‘My dear Rance, there is no need to whip the dear vicomte.’
‘Knowing that his singular connection with the vicomte would very soon surface, René was composed at this question, and replied, ‘Sir, I believe that is not your concern.’’
‘The message of artistic tolerance as republican state policy was also sounded by the vicomte Henri Delaborde, the perpetual secretary of the Academie des Beaux-Arts.’
‘Francois-Rene, vicomte de Chateaubriand, French ambassador in London from 1822, criticised Wellington's choice of setting for the statue.’
‘I remain, m. le vicomte, your most humble servant.’
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French.
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