attorneyship
- a word derived from attorney.
Example Sentences
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To the amazement of many an observer, Tammany also won the New York county district attorneyship for William Copeland Dodge, an obscure lower court judge.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Stennis went down to the White House to push a friend for a U.S. attorneyship, Harry Truman didn't even ask him, Stennis reported, how he intended to vote on Taft-Hartley.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had met for the first time in 1834 at Vandalia, where Douglas was busy in getting the circuit attorneyship away from John J. Hardin.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by Nicolay, John George
He wished to step from the state's attorneyship into the legislatureship.
From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee
He had taken the district attorneyship with the intention of making it lead to higher political office.
From Manslaughter by Miller, Alice Duer
