What is the name meaning of COUNTESS. Phrases containing COUNTESS
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COUNTESS
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Pure; Clear; Courage; Purity; Yeats; Countess; Devil
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Harvester; Theresa; Fourth Child; Countess; Essence
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Shakespearean
All's Well That Ends Well.' A clown and servant to the Countess of Rousillon.
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Shakespearean
Henry VI, Part 1' Countess of Auvergne.
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American, British, English
Feminine Equivalent of Count; Titled
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Irish
Devotion to St. Catherine came to Ireland with Christianity. Revered for her courage and purity, Catherine in the Irish form, Cathleen, became such a popular name that W. B. Yeats chose it for the heroine of his 1899 play “The Countess Cathleen†which was inspired by an Irish folktale. In a time of famine the Devil offers food to the starving poor in exchange for their souls. But Cathleen convinces Satan to take her soul instead. When she dies the Devil comes to collect her soul but God intervenes and carries Cathleen to heaven, saying that “such a sacrificial act cannot justly lead to evil consequences.â€
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American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, Jamaican, Spanish
Noble Woman; Leader; Princess; Warrior; Countess; Shield
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English
English : variant spelling of Countess.
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Irish
Devotion to St. Catherine came to Ireland with Christianity. Revered for her courage and purity, Catherine in the Irish form, Cathleen, became such a popular name that W. B. Yeats chose it for the heroine of his 1899 play “The Countess Cathleen†which was inspired by an Irish folktale. In a time of famine the Devil offers food to the starving poor in exchange for their souls. But Cathleen convinces Satan to take her soul instead. When she dies the Devil comes to collect her soul but God intervenes and carries Cathleen to heaven, saying that “such a sacrificial act cannot justly lead to evil consequences.â€
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English
Titled. Feminine equivalent of Count.
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Irish
Devotion to St. Catherine came to Ireland with Christianity. Revered for her courage and purity, Catherine in the Irish form, Cathleen, became such a popular name that W. B. Yeats chose it for the heroine of his 1899 play “The Countess Cathleen†which was inspired by an Irish folktale. In a time of famine the Devil offers food to the starving poor in exchange for their souls. But Cathleen convinces Satan to take her soul instead. When she dies the Devil comes to collect her soul but God intervenes and carries Cathleen to heaven, saying that “such a sacrificial act cannot justly lead to evil consequences.â€
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English
English : from Middle English contas(e), Old French contesse ‘countess’, applied as a nickname for a proud, haughty woman or for an effeminate or foppish man, or as an occupational name for a servant of a countess.
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Biblical
Paternal; that pursues the steps of his father.
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Indian
Not Greedy
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Hebrew
(×ֶלְעָזָר) Hebrew name ELAZAR means "god has helped." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a high priest son of Aaron. In use by the Basques.
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Bengali, Indian
Who can Overcome All the Sorrows and Sadness of Life
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Arabic, Muslim
A Very Unique and Classic Flower that has Never Disappeared
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American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Beacon on the Hill; Gorse-covered Hill
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German
Mistress of all.
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Hebrew Biblical
God is my brother.
Male
Native American
Native American Algonquin name SUCKI means "black."
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Latin
Conqueror.
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n.
The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
n.
A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.