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mightyship

mightyship noun: a term of address for a powerful person.

Noun

mightyship (plural mightyships)

  1. (poetic) A term of address for a powerful person.
    • Is it fit, let your mightyship say, / That I, like some pitiful flirt, / Should tarry within doors all day, / Or else trudge it afoot in the dirt?1765, Robert Dodsley, A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, volume 6, page 295
    • To the contrary, Your Mightyship. This is Thuringia-Franconia, or have you forgotten?2018, Eric Flint, Worlds 2

Forms of mightyship

pluralmightyships

Origin of mightyship

From mighty + -ship.

Questions about mightyship

What does mightyship mean?
Mightyship means a term of address for a powerful person.
What part of speech is mightyship?
Mightyship is a noun.
What is the plural of mightyship?
The plural of mightyship is mightyships.

Words near mightyship in the dictionary

  1. mighty dollar
  2. Mighty Mississippi
  3. Mighty Mouse
  4. Mighty Mouses
  5. mighty oaks from little acorns grow
  6. mightyship
  7. mightyships
  8. migid
  9. migids
  10. miglia
  11. Migliaccio

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