Etymology
Origin of mastership
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; master, -ship
Example Sentences
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In 1972, Russell was still lionized for his Senate mastership and his leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee during the Cold War.
From Washington Times
Snow’s “The Masters” makes heavy weather of an election to fill the vacant mastership of a college at Cambridge University.
From Washington Post
There’s a Shakespeare quote in the book: “...when the sea was calm, all boats alike / show’d mastership in floating...”
From Los Angeles Times
He holds a membership in the American Neurological Association, a fellowship in the American Academy of Neurology and a mastership in the American College of Physicians.
From Forbes
In consideration whereof I intend not willingly, nor no friend of mine shall not, trouble your mastership in this case.
From Project Gutenberg
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