Definition of Governorship

1. Noun. The office of governor.

Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
Derivative terms: Governor

Definition of Governorship

1. n. The office of a governor.

Definition of Governorship

1. Noun. The office, or the term of a governor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Governorship

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Governorship

governmentless
governmentlike
governments
governmentwide
governor
governor's plum
governor's race
governor-general
governor general
governor plum
governorate
governorates
governors
governors-general
governors general
governorship (current term)
governorships
governour
governours
governourship
governs
govorn
govs
govt
govvy
gowan
gowaned
gowans
gowany
gowd

Literary usage of Governorship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of William H. Seward by Frederic Bancroft (1900)
"CHAPTER VIII THE governorship (CONTINUED):IV. "THE HELDERBERG WAR. ... THE HELDERBERG WAR" DURING the first year of Seward's governorship some serious ..."

2. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1889)
"In neither of these appointed ? . . . , . , ,. i Our knowledge of the incidents of Dudley's governorship is largely derived from Hutchinson. who evidently ..."

3. History of the Dominion of Canada by William Henry Parr Greswell (1890)
"(2) In Lord Elgin's governorship a constitutional crisis occurred in Nova Scotia. Sir John Harvey, upon assuming the Lieutenant-governorship, ..."

4. The Spanish Dependencies in South America: An Introduction to the History of by Bernard Moses (1914)
"In the meantime the Licentiate Santa Cruz was appointed to fill the vacancy in the governorship of Cartagena caused by the removal of Heredia, ..."

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