precursorship

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noun

The position or condition of a precursor.

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Meanings

nounprecursorship (countable and uncountable, plural precursorships)

plural precursorships

  1. countableuncountableThe position or condition of a precursor.

    the treatment of the masses of mountain in the Daphne and Leucippus , Golden Bough , and Modern Italy , is wholly without precursorship

    1843–1860, John Ruskin, Modern Painters, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC

Origin

From precursor + -ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precursorship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precursorship.

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