wranglershipn.
The position or rank of a wrangler of Cambridge University.
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1791 in W. Wordsworth Schol. Acad. (1877) 323 I'm perfectly satisfied that the Senior Wranglership is Peacock's due.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxx. 397 Obtaining the senior moderatorship [in Dublin university] (analogous to the wranglership of the English universities).
1882 Standard 30 Jan. 3 To witness the last conferment of degrees under the old system of Wranglership.
1883 M. B. Betham-Edwards Disarmed xxx Those young ladies as yet outside the intellectual region of Wranglerships and the Classical Tripos.
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