writership

English

Etymology

From writer +‎ -ship.

Noun

writership (plural writerships)

1. (now historical) The position or office of a writer in the East India Company.
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 95:

     ‘I advise you by all means to go home and let your father procure for you a writership in the Civil Service, which with his influence he can have no difficulty to accomplish, and then it may be in my power to serve you.’

2. The job of a writer or clerk; clerkship.