historiographership

noun

The position or office of historiographer.

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Meanings

nounhistoriographership (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe position or office of historiographer.

    Davenant, the last holder of the laureateship, had died two years previously, and Howell, the well known author of the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, and the late holder of the historiographership, four years before.

    1881, George Saintsbury, “Dryden”, in English Men of Letters

Origin

From historiographer + -ship.

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historiographership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/historiographership

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“historiographership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/historiographership. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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