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单词 pageship
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pageshipn.

Brit. /ˈpeɪdʒʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpeɪd(ʒ)ˌʃɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: page n.1, -ship suffix.
Etymology: < page n.1 + -ship suffix. Compare slightly earlier pagehood n. Compare also pagedom n.
Now rare.
The office or position of page; (a period of) employment as a page. Formerly also used humorously as a form of address with possessive adjective, as your pageship.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > who runs errands > boy > position or personality of
pagehood1820
pageship1822
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > boy or man attending on person of high rank > position of
pagery1562
pagehood1820
pageship1822
pagedom1856
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. iv. 90 ‘And truly, if it like your pageship,’ said the citizen.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. vii. vi. 67 May I wait on thy pageship to-morrow?
1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xxiii. 187 The housekeeper had power to push her nephew on to pageship, footmanship—to the final post of butler.
1911 W. Roscoe Thayer Life & Times of Cavour i. 7 Charles Albert's personal friendliness partly compensated for the eclipse of royal good will, and the pageship gratified him.
2002 U.S. Newswire (Nexis) 12 June Katie Ellington has been chosen as a U.S. House of Representatives Page for the second summer session of 2002. Ellington..will begin her pageship at the beginning of July.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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