Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headmanship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: head-man-ship
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The role or status of headman.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From headman + -ship. Piecewise doublet of chefmanship.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: headman

Usage

Inflected Forms

headmanships (plural)

Questions

What does headmanship mean?: The role or status of headman.
Where does headmanship come from?: From headman + -ship. Piecewise doublet of chefmanship.

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