Count

:This page is about the Western style nobility; for the baseball term, see count (baseball).

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A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a "countess" (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin comes— in its accusative comitem— meaning "companion, bound (by oath)", and later "bound to the emperor, delegate of the emperor".

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Count related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Count of Eight I	Count of Eight II	Count Chocula Pop! Vinyl Figure	Count of Monte Cristo
Count Three and Pray	Count Wenzei Anton Von Kaunitz	You Can Count on Me	Count Your Blessings