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单词 matronship
释义 matronship|ˈmeɪtrənʃɪp|
[f. matron + -ship.]
1. The personality of a matron. In your matronship, her matronship, jocularly used as a title.
1591Lyly Endym. ii. ii, I crye your Matronship mercy.1620Shelton Quix. III. xxxvii. 264 But for her Matronship, I like it, that ye stir not a Foot.1718D'Urfey Grecian Heroine iii. ii, Is your Matronship grown mad o th' sudden.1868Holme Lee B. Godfrey xv. 81 Which time only can answer to your judicious matronship's satisfaction.
2. = matronhood.
1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 11 The above galaxy..of staid matronship, frisking maidenhood, and sweet romance.
3. The office of ‘matron’ in a public institution, as a hospital, workhouse, or the like.
c1843Dickens Lett. (1880) III. 43, I can't state in figures..the number of candidates for the Sanatorium matronship.1888Scott. Leader 5 Oct. 5 Dundee Infirmary Matronship.
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