writership

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noun

The position or office of a writer in the East India Company.

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Meanings

nounwritership (plural writerships)

plural writerships

  1. historicalThe position or office of a writer in the East India Company.

    ‘I advise you by all means to go home and let your father procure for you a writership in the Civil Service, which with his influence he can have no difficulty to accomplish, and then it may be in my power to serve you.’

    1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 95
  2. The job of a writer or clerk; clerkship.

Origin

From writer + -ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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