agentship

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noun

The office or position of an agent.

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Meanings

nounagentship (countable and uncountable, plural agentships)

plural agentships

  1. countableThe office or position of an agent.
  2. archaicuncountableA means of effecting something; agency.

    King. Then you confeſſe you were her Bawd? / Clar[inda]. That's courſe, her agent ſir. / King. So, goodie agent? and you think there is / No puniſhment due for your agentſhip?

    c. 1623–1624 – 1630s, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Lovers Progres”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii, page 92, column 2

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
agency

Origin

From agent + -ship.

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APA

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MLA

“agentship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agentship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agentship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agentship.

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