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headmastership

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Etymology

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From headmaster +‎ -ship.

Noun

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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.

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