manship
/ˈmænʃɪp/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Every man is a man if he chooses to be, and has in himself all that he needs in order to be a man in the full significance of the term; and therefore no one has any occasion to borrow a part of his manship from his brother."
- "He certainly had nothing to do with the choosing of his manship, any more than his sister had of her womanhood."
- "They were middle-class and, therefore, "had a better attitude towards girls because boys [in Washington Highlands] like beating girls to show their manship."
- "The manship of Jesus was hid from the eyes of men as completely as the Godship."
- "Ac fourti winter Madan mid mansipe held his riche."
- "For los and priis þou miᵹt þer winne & manschip to þe & al þi kinne."
Etymology
From Middle English manship (“position of honor; respect; courtesy; manly spirit or conduct; humanity; human condition”), from Old English mansċipe (“humanity, courtesy”), equivalent to man + -ship. Cognate with Dutch manschap (“homage, manred, crew”), German Mannschaft (“team, crew, squad, force”), Swedish manskap (“rank, crew”).