surgeoncy

British

/ ˈsɜːdʒənsɪ /

noun

the office, duties, or position of a surgeon, esp in the army or navy

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I cannot make him a Rajah, nor even a Zemindar; but I 'll stick him into a regimental surgeoncy, and leave him to fashion out his own future.

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

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