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2,110 words match “SHIP”

GUARDIANSHIP n.
The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
GUARDSHIP n.
Care; protection. [Obs.] Swift.
HAGSHIP n.
The state or title of a hag. Middleton.
HANGMANSHIP n.
The office or character of a hangman.
HARDSHIP n.
That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. Swift.
HEADSHIP n.
Authority or dignity; chief place.
HEIRSHIP n.
The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting. Heirship movables, certain kinds of movables which the heir is entitled to take, besides the heritable estate. [Scot.]
HERALDSHIP n.
The office of a herald. Selden.
HEROSHIP n.
The character or personality of a hero. "Three years of heroship." Cowper.
HIGH-CHURCHMAN-SHIP n.
The state of being a high-churchman. J. H. Newman.
HIGH-PRIESTSHIP n.
High-priesthood.
HISTORIOGRAPHERSHIP n.
The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury.
HORSEMANSHIP n.
The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.
HOSTESS-SHIP n.
The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Shak.
HUNTSMANSHIP n.
The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne.
IMITATORSHIP n.
The state or office of an imitator. "Servile imitatorship." Marston.
IMPOSTORSHIP n.
The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.
INSHIP v.
To embark. [Obs.] Shak.
INSPECTORSHIP n. 2 definitions
The office of an inspector.
INTERCITIZENSHIP n.
The mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States. Bancroft.
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