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foeship

foeship noun: the condition of possessing any enemies.

Noun

foeship (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The condition of possessing any enemies.
    • Foeship was still the note, not friendship, and in order to gain the key not only to the origin of gilds, but to their operations and their development, this must be kept in mind.1914, George Laurence Gomme, London, CHAPTER VI, The Institution Of The City, page 155
  2. (dated) Enmity.

Antonyms of foeship

Origin of foeship

From Middle English foschip, equivalent to foe + -ship.

Questions about foeship

What does foeship mean?
Foeship means the condition of possessing any enemies.
What part of speech is foeship?
Foeship is a noun.

Words near foeship in the dictionary

  1. Foerster's syndrome
  2. Foersters
  3. Foertsch
  4. Foertsches
  5. foes
  6. foeship
  7. foetal
  8. foetal alcohol syndrome
  9. foetal alcohol syndromes
  10. foetalism
  11. foetalization

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