plantershipn.
/ˈplɑːntəʃɪp/, /ˈplantəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈplæn(t)ərˌʃɪp/ Now historical.
The office or position of planter; (later) esp. that of plantation owner or manager.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding > one who or that which founds or establishes > office or condition of
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] > office or condition of
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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > planter > condition or class of
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a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 379 That God should bestow the grace of Apostleship and Plantership upon him rather then upon Apollo.
1750 S. Martin (title) An essay upon plantership.
1793 J. B. Moreton West India Customs & Manners (new ed.) 89 If men, whose bread depend on plantership, enter into the connubial bond, it will injure them, because it is not pleasing to gentlemen to have families on their estates.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 793/1 He stood, in opinion, a rebel against the interest and majesty of plantership.
1838 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 778/2 In the West Indies, plantership denotes the management of a sugar plantation.
1881 Times 22 Oct. 7/5 The chairman stated that he was never sanguine as to any undertaking, especially as regarded Demerara plantership. As a planter, he only looked at his books at the end of the year to see the results obtained.
1977 William & Mary Q. 34 44 During his 40 years of plantership his slave force doubled through natural increase: 456 births as against 237 deaths.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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