governorship

noun

gov·​er·​nor·​ship ˈgə-vᵊn-ər-ˌship How to pronounce governorship (audio)
 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 The last exception to that came in 2014, when former Republican Bill Walker ran with the leading Democrat as his lieutenant governor and won the governorship of Alaska running as an independent unity ticket. Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 One of the defining moments of Haley’s governorship came in 2015, when a White supremacist gunman killed nine Black churchgoers at Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME church. Cnn Com Wire Service, Orange County Register, 6 Mar. 2024 In an interview, Jefferson largely attributed Republican setbacks to a lack of resources due to Democrats controlling the governorship since 2018 and noted Republicans have failed to win over Independent voters. Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2024 Passing the laws became politically feasible after the 2022 election, when, for the first time in 40 years, state Democrats controlled both legislative chambers and the governorship. Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 In 2011, after her election to the governorship, Ms. Haley removed one of South Carolina’s few billionaires, Darla Moore, from the University of South Carolina board, replacing her with a campaign contributor over the pleadings of Republicans and Democrats alike. Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024 Republicans had lost two governorships in Kentucky and Louisiana to Democrats in 2019, but the party partially recovered its losses in 2020 by taking control in Montana. Noah Rothman, National Review, 17 Jan. 2024 Haley won the governorship here twice, but South Carolina has seen explosive population growth in the decade and a half since she was first elected to statewide office. USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024 And in fact both Newsom’s budget and Petek’s analysis agree that the state faces deficits of roughly $30 billion a year at least for the remainder of his governorship. Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of governorship was in 1658

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“Governorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/governorship. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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