PRESIDENTSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does presidentship mean? 

• PRESIDENTSHIP (noun)
  The noun PRESIDENTSHIP has 1 sense:

1. the office and function of president

  Familiarity information: PRESIDENTSHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESIDENTSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The office and function of president

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

presidency; presidentship

Context example:

Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time

Hypernyms ("presidentship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "presidentship"):

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States (the office of the United States head of state)

Derivation:

President (the office of the United States head of state)

president (the chief executive of a republic)

President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

president (an executive officer of a firm or corporation)

president (the head administrative officer of a college or university)

president (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization)