chairship

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noun

chairpersonship

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English chair ← Middle English chayere →
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Meanings

nounchairship (countable and uncountable, plural chairships)

plural chairships

  1. countableuncountablechairpersonship

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  5. Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
  9. Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
  10. Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
  11. Latincathedra
  12. Old Frenchchaiere
  13. Middle Englishchayere
  14. Englishchair
  15. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  16. Englishchairship

From chair + -ship.

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APA

chairship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairship

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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