Definition of "contessa" []

• An Italian countess. (noun)

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• "He was older, sexually experienced, and worldly wise, having enjoyed a tempestuous affair with an Italian contessa"
• "Dig in and grow your own Speaking of food, you don't need to be a barefoot contessa to grow something easy like tomatoes."
• "            “Tessa,” he said softly from between his fingers, “It should be contessa.”"