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portership

portership noun: the office or duty of a porter.

Noun

portership (countable and uncountable, plural porterships)

  1. The office or duty of a porter

Forms of portership

pluralporterships

Origin of portership

From Middle English portership, portershippe, equivalent to porter + -ship.

Questions about portership

What does portership mean?
Portership means the office or duty of a porter.
What part of speech is portership?
Portership is a noun.
What is the plural of portership?
The plural of portership is porterships.

Words near portership in the dictionary

  1. porterlike
  2. porterly
  3. porters
  4. Porters Retreat
  5. porters' lodges
  6. portership
  7. porterships
  8. Porterville
  9. porterweed
  10. porterweeds
  11. Portes

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