Meanings
- uncountableA state or condition of togetherness or being together; unity; solidarity.
Alone she cannot fight; her Man is her weapon. He makes to prevail those Ideals which she has given him with her embraces. This also is the perfect type of Marriage, — comradeship, togethership, — [...]
1908, Robert Herrick, Together2 more examples
This was effected by a ransom payment insignificant as compared with the paint-pony's joy. He was then ready for the business of this first day of real togethership with his self -selected — she who admittedly herself had selected him.
1922, Ethel Smith Dorrance, James French Dorrance, Lonesome TownOne can often see such transactions develop at a time when the reader is experiencing the more difficult sections of text, during a time of struggle. Yet, as teacher and student move through this challenging period in togethership, their dance through difficulty creates a unified flow toward the greatest growth.
2004, Ardith Davis Cole, When reading begins
Origin
From together + -ship. Compare Old English gaderscype (“union, marriage”).
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