presidentship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of presidentship
Example Sentences
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A committee was formed, under the presidentship of Mr. John Symons, a member of the Town Council, and a man of untiring energy and philanthropic disposition.
From The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe by Woodcock, Henry
The chance of succession to the presidentship is too distant to be thought of.
From The English Constitution by Bagehot, Walter
Mavrocordatos virtually resigned his presidentship, and there was anarchy in Greece till 1828.
From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I by Bourne, H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox)
There is no doubt that General Washington will accept the presidentship; though he is silent on the subject.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
Barbé-Marbois had given him, with the same eagerness, the presidentship of the elder council.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
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