a woman who has the rank of a count or an earl 女伯爵 the wife of a count or an earl 伯爵夫人 the Earl and Countess of Rosebery 罗斯伯里伯爵及夫人
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French contesse, from late Latin comitissa, feminine of comes, comit- ‘companion, overseer, attendant’ (in late Latin ‘person holding a state office’), from com- ‘together with’ + it- ‘gone’ (from the verb ire ‘go’).