A French nobleman ranking below an earl or count, a title equivalent to viscount in English.
From Old French 'visconte,' from Latin 'vice-comes' (vice-count), literally 'in place of a count.' A vicomte was originally a count's deputy or representative.
Vicomtes were literally 'vice-counts'—they ran things on behalf of the actual count, so they were like medieval middle management! The 'vice-' prefix shows they had delegated power.
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