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governorships

governorships is the plural of governorship.

Meaning of governorship

Noun

governorship (countable and uncountable, plural governorships)

  1. The office or term of a governor; the state or condition of being a governor.
    • He conducted what he calls “a separate but equal kind of governorship.”1983 January 8, Howell Raines, “Politics: Hollings Hacks Away at His Rivals”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015

Questions about governorships

What is governorships the plural of?
Governorships is the plural of governorship.

Words near governorships in the dictionary

  1. governors
  2. governors general
  3. Governors Island
  4. governors-general
  5. governorship
  6. governorships
  7. governour
  8. governours
  9. governourship
  10. governourships
  11. governs

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