collectorship
- a word derived from collector.
Example Sentences
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He sought Tom's help, but Tom had promised the collectorship to another.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was ripe for another step up the ladder, and asked Pendergast for the county collectorship.
From Time Magazine Archive
What I really wanted, you see, was this collectorship.
From Time Magazine Archive
A collectorship varies much, from better than 200l. to near 1000l. a year.
From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell
Now these two appointments, the laureateship and the collectorship, were by letters-patent, and were, in the usual course, confirmed on the accession of the new Sovereign, though James characteristically cut out the butt of sack.
From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George
