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writership

writership noun: the position or office of a writer in the East India Company.

Noun

writership (plural writerships)

  1. (historical) The position or office of a writer in the East India Company.
    • ‘I advise you by all means to go home and let your father procure for you a writership in the Civil Service, which with his influence he can have no difficulty to accomplish, and then it may be in my power to serve you.’1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 95
  2. The job of a writer or clerk; clerkship.

writership meaning in Tamil

writership in Tamil

எழுத்தாண்மை

Forms of writership

pluralwriterships

Origin of writership

From writer + -ship.

Questions about writership

What does writership mean?
Writership means the position or office of a writer in the East India Company.
What is writership in Tamil?
Writership in Tamil is எழுத்தாண்மை. See Writership meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is writership?
Writership is a noun.
What is the plural of writership?
The plural of writership is writerships.

Words near writership in the dictionary

  1. writerly
  2. writers
  3. writers' blocks
  4. writers' room
  5. writers' rooms
  6. writership
  7. writerships
  8. writes
  9. writes checks one can't cash
  10. writes cheques one can't cash
  11. writes down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: writership (page history and authors); writership (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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