governorship

noun

gov·​er·​nor·​ship ˈgə-vᵊn-ər-ˌship 

 also  ˈgə-vər-nər-

1

: the office of governor

2

: the period of incumbency of a governor

Examples of governorship in a Sentence

a candidate for the governorship

The state has done well during her governorship.

Recent Examples on the Web

Newsom’s Department of Finance and the Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, agree that the structural deficit, at least $10 billion a year and as much as $30 billion, will continue at least through the remainder of Newsom’s governorship. —Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025

Should Newsom et al bail out Los Angeles, these other local entities will demand similar largesse from a state budget already hemorrhaging red ink and that faces the likelihood of deficits at least through the remainder of Newsom’s governorship and probably longer. —Dan Walters, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025

Harris has one political decision looming: whether to run for the California governorship. —David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025

Several who’ve held the job, including Jerry Brown and his father, Pat, made the leap directly to the governorship. —Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for governorship

• apostleship
• apprenticeship
• assistantship
• championship
• chancellorship
• citizenship
• companionship
• copartnership
• dictatorship
• directorship
• discipleship
• editorship