Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defendership

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-fend-er-ship
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or state of being in defense of something.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I suppose that is based on the fact that if somebody put something in writing, they have some sort of a pride or a defendership of a written document."

Etymology

From defender + -ship.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: defender

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does defendership mean?: The quality or state of being in defense of something.
Where does defendership come from?: From defender + -ship.

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