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agentship

agentship noun: the office or position of an agent.

Noun

agentship (countable and uncountable, plural agentships)

  1. (countable) The office or position of an agent.
  2. (archaic, uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
    • King. Then you confeſſe you were her Bawd? / Clar[inda]. That's courſe, her agent ſir. / King. So, goodie agent? and you think there is / No puniſhment due for your agentſhip?c. 1623–1624 – 1630s, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Lovers Progres”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC...

Forms of agentship

pluralagentships

Origin of agentship

From agent + -ship.

Questions about agentship

What does agentship mean?
Agentship means the office or position of an agent.
What part of speech is agentship?
Agentship is a noun.
What is the plural of agentship?
The plural of agentship is agentships.

Words near agentship in the dictionary

  1. agentry
  2. agents
  3. agents general
  4. agents provocateurs
  5. agents-general
  6. agentship
  7. agentships
  8. agentspace
  9. agentspaces
  10. ageometric
  11. ageometrical

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