soldiershipn.
/ˈsəʊldʒəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈsoʊldʒərˌʃɪp/ The state or condition of being a soldier; the qualities of a soldier; military experience or skill. Also figurative (quot. 1561). Common c1600 and in the 19th century.
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society > armed hostility > military service > [noun]
knightshipa1175
armsc1300
knighthoodc1384
warfarec1485
service1549
soldiership1561
soldierfare1579
military service1586
stipend1604
caska1616
milice1635
lance1641
militia1641
soldiering1643
camp1725
military1757
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] > state or condition of
soldiership1561
soldierhood1846
soldierdom1870
soldierliness1890
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 85 There is..most haynous wrong done..if forsakers of monasteries be chosen to the soldiorship of the clergie.
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. Q2 What his Soldiourship is I cannot iudge.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iv. 16 Put we on Industrious Souldiership . View more context for this quotation
1658 Cal. State Papers Domestic Ser. 351 He fears his want of experience in soldiership.
1754 P. Hiffernan Hiberniad iii. 24 A String of Absurdities, relative to the Soldiership of the Irish.
1813 Examiner 11 Jan. 17/1 We do not mean to under-value a true spirit of soldiership.
1887 Spectator 30 July 1023/2 Soldiership is effectively and systematically taught.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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