Etymology
Origin of mastership
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at 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 • Jan. 3, 2022
Snow’s “The Masters” makes heavy weather of an election to fill the vacant mastership of a college at Cambridge University.
From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2016
The November issue contains a lengthy report on canine activity under the mastership of Presidents since 1951.
From Time Magazine Archive
Acquire a mastership of this subtle quantity, and then you may hope for genuine results.
From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous
"I meant," said I, "a welcome not so much fitting my mastership as that honesty of yours, Mr. Rookley, which my Lord Derwentwater tells me is all on the outside."
From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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