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HEADSHIP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does headship mean?

• HEADSHIP (noun)
The noun HEADSHIP has 2 senses:

1. the position of headmaster or headmistress
2. the position of head

Familiarity information: HEADSHIP used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HEADSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The position of headmaster or headmistress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("headship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headship"):

headmastership (the position of headmaster)

headmistressship (the position of headmistress)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The position of head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("headship" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

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