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historiographership

historiographership noun: the position or office of historiographer.

Noun

historiographership (uncountable)

  1. The position or office of historiographer.
    • Davenant, the last holder of the laureateship, had died two years previously, and Howell, the well known author of the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, and the late holder of the historiographership, four years before.1881, George Saintsbury, “Dryden”, in English Men of Letters

Origin of historiographership

From historiographer + -ship.

Questions about historiographership

What does historiographership mean?
Historiographership means the position or office of historiographer.
What part of speech is historiographership?
Historiographership is a noun.

Words near historiographership in the dictionary

  1. historifying
  2. historio-
  3. historiograph
  4. historiographer
  5. historiographers
  6. historiographership
  7. historiographic
  8. historiographic metafiction
  9. historiographical
  10. historiographically
  11. historiographies

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