headship

[ hed-ship ]

noun

1. the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.

headship

/ ˈhɛdʃɪp /

noun

1. the position or state of being a leader; command; leadership
2. education the position of headmaster or headmistress of a school

Word History and Origins

Origin of headship¹

First recorded in 1575–85; head + -ship

Example Sentences

On the 4th of July she had conquered for herself the headship of that powerful brotherhood.

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Of all objects of human ambition, that headship was best worth struggling for.

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In connection with the headship of St Johns College there existed a rather curious custom.

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"Where the McGregor sits," he would affirm, "there is the head of the table," and so he cares nothing about the nominal headship.

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You must cease in any case to retain the headship of the house, even for the few days of the term that remain.

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