readershipn.

Brit.

/ˈriːdəʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈridərˌʃɪp/

Forms: see reader n. and -ship suffix.

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

Etymology: < reader n. + -ship suffix.

1. The office or position of reader (originally reader n. 3; now also reader n. 4).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > teacher > university or college teacher > [noun] > reader > position of

readership1563

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1495 (margin) Degradation from the order of reader-ship.

1640 in E. Henderson Kirk-session Rec. Dumfermline (1865) 7 Considering my old age..to doe aine longer the calling of reddarshipp..by reason of the weakness of my voice.

1666 W. Dugdale Origines Juridiciales 284 A man unmarried, and having no Ecclesiastical living, other than a Prebend, without cure of Souls, or Readership in any other place.

1692 H. Dodwell Vindic. Deprived Bishops ii. 40 At least his inferior Order of Readership, which was now not given him, but supposed, they did not know but it might have been derived from Latinizers.

1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 4 They..first sollicite a Readership, and..arrive in time to a Curacy.

1750 W. Warburton Let. 20 Oct. in Lett. Late Eminent Prelate (?1793) xxviii. 48 I shall be more reserved in telling you what I think of you; that is, upon condition you don't provoke me again by your talk of sticking to your Readership.

1773 N. Havard Let. to E. Evanson 8 July 11 You have the Appointment for the Readership from the Corporation.

1840 Act 3 & 4 Victoria c. 86 § 2 The Term ‘Preferment’..shall be construed to comprehend every Curacy, Lectureship, Readership [etc.].

1883 19th Cent. May 833 A step in the ladder of promotion, first to a readership and ultimately to a professorship.

1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. i. 22 Mrs. Ramsay did not quite catch the meaning, only the words, here and there..dissertation..fellowship..readership..lectureship.

1960 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 9 36 The University has notably assisted and encouraged recent activity in this field..by the inclusion of African law in the syllabus for its LL.M. degree and by the establishment of a Readership in the subject.

1991 Lancet 25 May p. x (advt.) Clinical readership in anaesthetics.

†2. With possessive adjective: a mock title of respect for a reader. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1771 P. Parsons Newmarket II. 186 An expectation which your readership cannot suppose I should..entertain.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 477 I trust, O gentle reader,..that your readership will not [etc.].

1851 M. F. Tupper Compl. Prose Wks. 426 Your present humble friend, now talking in this candid fashion with your readership, has been every where, seen every thing, and done his touristic devoirs.

3. Originally U.S. The group of readers which a particular writer, publication, or genre attracts, or is aimed at; the total number of (regular) readers of a periodical publication.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > journalism > supply of news or newspapers > [noun] > circulation or readership

circulation1847

readership1901

1901 Amer. Homoeopathist 27 117/1 We would suggest that when he writes for an American readership that he append little stars and footnotes to these odd and singular remedies and help us over the trouble of guessing at the component parts of the drug.

1923 O. G. Villard Some Newspapers 189 The appeal of the News to the masses has been so successful that it now has a readership of some forty thousand.

1990 J. Sutherland Mrs Humphry Ward iv. 38 This story..was too saturated in sexuality, too ‘novelish’, for her essentially Sunday School readership.

2004 Slightly Foxed Summer 6 Meantime, we are happy that Slightly Foxed is finding a readership.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	readership
释义	readershipn. Brit. /ˈriːdəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈridərˌʃɪp/ Forms: see reader n. and -ship suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reader n., -ship suffix. Etymology: < reader n. + -ship suffix. 1. The office or position of reader (originally reader n. 3; now also reader n. 4). ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > university or college teacher > [noun] > reader > position of readership1563 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1495 (margin) Degradation from the order of reader-ship. 1640 in E. Henderson Kirk-session Rec. Dumfermline (1865) 7 Considering my old age..to doe aine longer the calling of reddarshipp..by reason of the weakness of my voice. 1666 W. Dugdale Origines Juridiciales 284 A man unmarried, and having no Ecclesiastical living, other than a Prebend, without cure of Souls, or Readership in any other place. 1692 H. Dodwell Vindic. Deprived Bishops ii. 40 At least his inferior Order of Readership, which was now not given him, but supposed, they did not know but it might have been derived from Latinizers. 1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 4 They..first sollicite a Readership, and..arrive in time to a Curacy. 1750 W. Warburton Let. 20 Oct. in Lett. Late Eminent Prelate (?1793) xxviii. 48 I shall be more reserved in telling you what I think of you; that is, upon condition you don't provoke me again by your talk of sticking to your Readership. 1773 N. Havard Let. to E. Evanson 8 July 11 You have the Appointment for the Readership from the Corporation. 1840 Act 3 & 4 Victoria c. 86 § 2 The Term ‘Preferment’..shall be construed to comprehend every Curacy, Lectureship, Readership [etc.]. 1883 19th Cent. May 833 A step in the ladder of promotion, first to a readership and ultimately to a professorship. 1927 V. Woolf To Lighthouse i. i. 22 Mrs. Ramsay did not quite catch the meaning, only the words, here and there..dissertation..fellowship..readership..lectureship. 1960 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 9 36 The University has notably assisted and encouraged recent activity in this field..by the inclusion of African law in the syllabus for its LL.M. degree and by the establishment of a Readership in the subject. 1991 Lancet 25 May p. x (advt.) Clinical readership in anaesthetics. †2. With possessive adjective: a mock title of respect for a reader. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1771 P. Parsons Newmarket II. 186 An expectation which your readership cannot suppose I should..entertain. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 477 I trust, O gentle reader,..that your readership will not [etc.]. 1851 M. F. Tupper Compl. Prose Wks. 426 Your present humble friend, now talking in this candid fashion with your readership, has been every where, seen every thing, and done his touristic devoirs. 3. Originally U.S. The group of readers which a particular writer, publication, or genre attracts, or is aimed at; the total number of (regular) readers of a periodical publication. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > supply of news or newspapers > [noun] > circulation or readership circulation1847 readership1901 1901 Amer. Homoeopathist 27 117/1 We would suggest that when he writes for an American readership that he append little stars and footnotes to these odd and singular remedies and help us over the trouble of guessing at the component parts of the drug. 1923 O. G. Villard Some Newspapers 189 The appeal of the News to the masses has been so successful that it now has a readership of some forty thousand. 1990 J. Sutherland Mrs Humphry Ward iv. 38 This story..was too saturated in sexuality, too ‘novelish’, for her essentially Sunday School readership. 2004 Slightly Foxed Summer 6 Meantime, we are happy that Slightly Foxed is finding a readership. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563
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