headmastership

English

Etymology

headmaster +‎ -ship

Noun

headmastership (countable and uncountable, plural headmasterships)

1. The role or position of headmaster.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 339:

     He knew where he lived, for he addressed a monthly pay cheque to him. He did not even know what disease he was suffering from. That was bad. Bad headmastership.

Synonyms

• headship (UK)

Translations

the role or position of headmaster

• Manx: ard-vainshtyrys m
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