captainship

noun

Definition of captainshipnext
as in chairmanship

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  1. chairmanship
  2. presidency
  3. superintendency
  4. generalship
  5. governorship
  6. kingship
  7. deanship
  8. dictatorship
Noun
  • Martin also has the support of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who stood behind Martin’s chairmanship while stumping in Pennsylvania over the weekend.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
  • The flare-up complicates a week Manila had hoped would showcase its ASEAN chairmanship.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of chairmanship
Noun
  • The fight over the plan to sell off parts of the World Cup and other signature FIFA events to private businesses has tested that bulletproof presidency.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • During his presidency Trump would become the first president to be impeached twice.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of presidency
Noun
  • Carvalho’s later Form 700s — for the entire period of his superintendency — are nearly blank.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • The fallout In the aftermath of the UFT’s formal notice, a letter campaign was launched that asked Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels not to appoint Lynch-Reyes to the permanent superintendency.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of superintendency
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  • Suggs is listed as the team’s point guard, but because of his tendency for turnovers and general lack of floor generalship, the coaches have deployed him more as a 3-and-D player.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • There’s talk that this could be EMRO’s turn to hold the director-generalship.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of generalship
Noun
  • Democrats are aiming to keep control of the Michigan governorship in what is expected to be a competitive general election race.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The ruling, expected to be appealed, adds election uncertainty as Democrats battle to retain the governorship and flip the Legislature.
    — Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of governorship
Noun
  • York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of kingship
Noun
  • An additional $5 million will fund a deanship, $3 million will support a chair in biomedical engineering, and $5 million will establish a research fund for faculty fellowships, emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of deanship
Noun
  • Outside of dictatorships, modern central bankers generally don’t have to fear for their lives, but they are sometimes subjected to heavy criticism.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • None of Argentina’s players had been born when the country’s military dictatorship invaded the Malvinas in 1982, holding the islands for 73 days before British forces recaptured them in a war that killed 649 Argentine and 255 British troops.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of dictatorship
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“Captainship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/captainship. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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