The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word COUNTESS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result COUNTESS
- Noble legion in want of bit of leadership
- Member of nobility considers swallowing tablets
- Lady left out of legion
- Lady in France where exotic scents provide surroundings
- Titled lady in matters involving English society
- Matters to entertain English society lady
- Aristocrat reckoning to share time with Hardy’s girl
- Titled woman, 50, dropped by many
- Lady‘s innumerable liaisons initially dismissed
- Titled lady and judge going to Spain by ship
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What does COUNTESS mean?
COUNTESS noun- The wife of a count or earl.
- A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.