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GOVERNORSHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does governorship mean?
• GOVERNORSHIP (noun)
The noun GOVERNORSHIP has 1 sense:
1. the office of governor
Familiarity information: GOVERNORSHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The office of governor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("governorship" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Derivation:
governor (the head of a state government)
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