| 释义 |
majorship|ˈmeɪdʒəʃɪp|
[f. major n.1 + -ship.]
The office or rank of a major; majority.
1717New Hampsh. Prov. Papers (1868) II. 710 Majr Peter Wear..asked pardon for his so doing: whereupon the Govr pronounced him restored to his Major-ship. 1865Cornh. Mag. Aug. 172 This provost of Dublin is said, in a political crisis, to have squeezed from Lord Townshend a majorship of dragoons. 1875Howells Foregone Concl. xviii. 294 The colonelcies are..inaccessible,..and so are the lieutenant-colonelcies; but a majorship, now—.
¶ Used jocularly as a title.
1795Jemima I. 108 What I know must not be known to man..until his Majorship..has had some sport with his son. |