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con·tes·sa

(kən-tĕs′ə, kōn-tĕs′sä)

An Italian countess.

[Italian, feminine of conte, count, from Late Latin comes, comit-; see count².]

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contessa

(kənˈtɛsə)

an Italian countess

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con•tes•sa

(kɔnˈtɛs sɑ; Eng. kənˈtɛs ə)

n., pl. -tes•se (-ˈtɛs ɛ)
Eng. -tes•sas. Italian.

countess.

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A dear friend of mine, Contessa Baroncelli, has two daughters, and when she cannot send a maid to school with them, she lets them go in sailor-hats instead.

Miss Bartlett was unconvinced by the safety of Contessa Baroncelli's daughters.

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very nice ones--the Cavaliere Bombicci and the Contessa Altemura, with whom they had had a great friendship.