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

Therefore, any signs that Porter, who is running for the governorship after an unsuccessful Senate bid last year, is seeing a decline in support, will concern Democrats. —Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025

Hamas agreed to most of the points in the deal, including handing over the governorship of the Gaza Strip to a technocratic Palestinian body. —Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025

Miran was sworn into his governorship mere hours before the meeting began, an unusual timing to start an unusual governorship. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025

The two met when Abbott offered to volunteer for Collins’s 1994 primary bid for the Maine governorship. —Al Weaver, The Hill, 18 Sep. 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