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governessship

governessship is the rare spelling of governess-ship.

Meaning of governess-ship

Noun

governess-ship (uncountable)

  1. The office or term of a governess.

Origin of governessship

From governess + -ship.

Questions about governessship

What is governessship the rare spelling of?
Governessship is the rare spelling of governess-ship.

Words near governessship in the dictionary

  1. governesses-general
  2. governesshood
  3. governessing
  4. governessless
  5. governesslike
  6. governessship
  7. governessy
  8. governest
  9. governeth
  10. governing
  11. governing noun

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Adapted from Wiktionary: governessship (page history and authors); governess-ship (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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