(n)British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964), Syn.Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor
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n.; pl.Countesses [ F. comtesse. See Count a nobleman. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]