matronshipn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪtr(ə)nʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪtr(ə)nˌʃɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: matron n., -ship suffix.

Etymology: < matron n. + -ship suffix. Compare patronship n.

1. The character of a matron. Chiefly humorously with possessive adjective, as a title of mock respect given to a matron, as your matronship. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > personality of

your matronshipc1550

c1550 J. Cheke Let. (modernized text) in Athenæum (1909) 28 Aug. 237/2 Needing time and warning to grow to a more womanlyness and matronship.

1591 J. Lyly Endimion ii. ii. sig. C4^v I crye your Matronship mercy.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxvii. 264 But for her Matronship, I like it, that ye stir not a Foot.

1721 T. D'Urfey Grecian Heroine iii. ii, in New Opera's 120 Is your Matronship grown mad o th' sudden.

1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xv. 81 Which time only can answer to your judicious matronship's satisfaction.

2. = matronhood n. rare.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > condition or position of

coverture1542

under covert1563

under covert-baron1581

matronage?1585

matronship1831

matronhood1836

1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 11 The above galaxy..of staid matronship, frisking maidenhood, and sweet romance.

1834 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 584 Grey-hens..cut aff in their sober matronship.

3. The position or office of matron in an institution; the period of office of a matron.

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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > female > of public institution > position of

matronship1842

1842 C. Dickens Let. 12 Nov. (1974) III. 369 I can't state in figures..the number of Candidates for the Sanatorium Matronship.

1888 Sc. Leader 5 Oct. 5 Dundee Infirmary Matronship.

1952 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 13 228 Eliza Woodson Farnham..during her matronship of the ‘female department’ of New York State Prison at Ossining, had..defended theoretically the phrenological theory of the Englishman, Marmaduke Blake Sampson.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matronship
释义	matronshipn. Brit. /ˈmeɪtr(ə)nʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈmeɪtr(ə)nˌʃɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: matron n., -ship suffix. Etymology: < matron n. + -ship suffix. Compare patronship n. 1. The character of a matron. Chiefly humorously with possessive adjective, as a title of mock respect given to a matron, as your matronship. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > personality of your matronshipc1550 c1550 J. Cheke Let. (modernized text) in Athenæum (1909) 28 Aug. 237/2 Needing time and warning to grow to a more womanlyness and matronship. 1591 J. Lyly Endimion ii. ii. sig. C4^v I crye your Matronship mercy. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxvii. 264 But for her Matronship, I like it, that ye stir not a Foot. 1721 T. D'Urfey Grecian Heroine iii. ii, in New Opera's 120 Is your Matronship grown mad o th' sudden. 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xv. 81 Which time only can answer to your judicious matronship's satisfaction. 2. = matronhood n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > condition or position of coverture1542 under covert1563 under covert-baron1581 matronage?1585 matronship1831 matronhood1836 1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 11 The above galaxy..of staid matronship, frisking maidenhood, and sweet romance. 1834 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 584 Grey-hens..cut aff in their sober matronship. 3. The position or office of matron in an institution; the period of office of a matron. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > female > of public institution > position of matronship1842 1842 C. Dickens Let. 12 Nov. (1974) III. 369 I can't state in figures..the number of Candidates for the Sanatorium Matronship. 1888 Sc. Leader 5 Oct. 5 Dundee Infirmary Matronship. 1952 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 13 228 Eliza Woodson Farnham..during her matronship of the ‘female department’ of New York State Prison at Ossining, had..defended theoretically the phrenological theory of the Englishman, Marmaduke Blake Sampson. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1550
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