husbandship
husbandship noun: the role or status of a husband.
Noun
husbandship (countable and uncountable, plural husbandships)
- The role or status of a husband
- Hence his eternal inadequacy, and the withering scorn that accompanies it in the works of Ovid and others: In a sense the cuckold is not simply a failed husband, but an emblem of failed husbandship in general, or, worse yet (and this, I think, is what happens at the hands of Renaissance authors)...2002, B. Boehrer, Shakespeare Among the Animals
- Thus, the price of a husbandship is higher when husbandships are scarce, and, similarly, the price of a husbandship is low when husbandships are abundant.2010, Steven Landsburg, Price Theory and Applications
Forms of husbandship
| plural | husbandships |
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Origin of husbandship
From husband + -ship.
Questions about husbandship
- What does husbandship mean?
- Husbandship means the role or status of a husband.
- What part of speech is husbandship?
- Husbandship is a noun.
- What is the plural of husbandship?
- The plural of husbandship is husbandships.
Words near husbandship in the dictionary
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