presidentship

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From president +‎ -ship.

Noun[edit]

presidentship (countable and uncountable, plural presidentships)

  1. The office and dignity of president; presidency. [from 16th c.]
    • 1791, Joseph Priestley, Letters to Burke, section XIII:
      Is it at all probable, that there will ever be a civil war in America, about the presidentship of the United States?
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