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senatorship

American  
[sen-uh-ter-ship] / ˈsɛn ə tərˌʃɪp /

noun

plural

senatorships
  1. the position or tenure of a senator; the fact or state of being a senator.


Example Sentences

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Freshly out of uniform, with a bright Army record behind him, big, tough Mr. Browning might run either for the senatorship or for the governorship.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the senatorship, he wanted a man with a war record to match Gordon Browning's.

From Time Magazine Archive

He soon got serious, and the Jaycees recently awarded him the organization's highest individual honor, an "international senatorship."

From Time Magazine Archive

John A. Earl, candidate for a state senatorship, guarded against hocus-pocus at the drawing for positions on the primary ballot by taking along a magician as a watcher.

From Time Magazine Archive

Douglas won the Legislature and the senatorship, though Lincoln won the popular majority.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring