Meanings
noungovernorship (countable and uncountable, plural governorships)
plural governorships · alternative governourship
- countableuncountableThe office or term of a governor; the state or condition of being a governor.
He conducted what he calls “a separate but equal kind of governorship.”
1983 January 8, Howell Raines, “Politics: Hollings Hacks Away at His Rivals”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015
Origin
- Englishgovernor
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englishgovernorship
Translations
Greek αρμοστεία
- αρμοστεία (armosteía)office of governor
Swahili ugavana
- ugavanaoffice of governor
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APA
governorship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/governorship
MLA
“governorship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/governorship. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “governorship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/governorship.
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