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English
Etymology
From Latin vicecomes. Doublet of vicomte and viscount.
Noun
vicecomes (plural vicecomites)
- (obsolete) A viscount.
Latin
Etymology
From vice + comes.
Pronunciation
Noun
vicecomes m (genitive vicecomitis); third declension (Medieval Latin)
- sheriff
- viscount
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “vicecomes”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- vicecomes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)