Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

markmanship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mark-man-ship
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated form of marksmanship.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"So far the terrible omniscience of the blind man in the dark and the respect for his markmanship with which his coolness had inspired them, dominated the group."

Etymology

markman + -ship

Word Breakdown

Suffix: markman

Usage

Questions

What does markmanship mean?: Dated form of marksmanship.
Where does markmanship come from?: markman + -ship

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