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editorship

[ ed-i-ter-ship ]

/ ˈɛd ɪ tərˌʃɪp /

noun

the office or function of an editor.

editorial direction.

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Origin of editorship

First recorded in 1775–85; editor + -ship

Words nearby editorship

editor, editor in chief, editorial, editorial we, editorialize, editorship, editress, edm, edman, edmond, edmonds

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for editorship

On Wednesday, Jill Abramson was suddenly ousted from the editorship of The New York Times.
Jill Abramson Fired from the Times: Was It About Money and Sexism—Or Management Style?|Lloyd Grove|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He recounts his editorship of the Forward and his political twists and turns.
Moving It Forward: The Life of Abraham Cahan Considered|Wendy Smith|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I did not authorise, nor was I aware of, phone hacking under my editorship.
Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, and Fleet Street’s Elite Charged|Peter Jukes|July 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
That was the Jewish Daily Forward, issued in New York under the editorship of Abraham Cahan.
The Jewish Daily Forward Defined the Word Obama’s Now Using as a Slogan|Seth Lipsky|May 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Suspicion alone would be enough to justify summoning Morgan to account for his editorship of the Mirror at a critical time.
Piers Morgan's New Headache|Brian Cathcart|August 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I wrote him a letter of wailing when he gave up the editorship and literature and became Member for Newcastle.
A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II|Mrs. Humphry Ward
He offered me the editorship with forty-nine of the hundred shares of stock on very easy terms, which nowise tempted me.
Marse Henry (Vol. 1)|Henry Watterson
How would the cardinal have acted with the editorship of a daily newspaper.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various
His Lehrjahre or student-time may be said to have ended with his editorship.
Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2)|Frank Harris
What really occupied and compassed his activities, in spite of his strenuous reveries of work beyond it, was his editorship.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete|William Dean Howells

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