5 dictionary results for: -ship
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
-ship
| a native English suffix of nouns denoting condition, character, office, skill, etc.: clerkship; friendship; statesmanship. |
[Origin: ME, OE -scipe; akin to shape; c. dial. Fris, dial. D schip
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| -ship
suff.
[Middle English, from Old English -scipe.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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O.E. -sciepe, Anglian -scip "state, condition of being," from P.Gmc. *-skapaz (cf. O.N. -skapr, O.Fris. -skip, Du. -schap, Ger. -schaft), from base *skap- "to create, ordain, appoint." Cognate with O.E. gesceape (see shape).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Ship Bottom, NJ (borough, FIPS 67110) Location: 39.64510 N, 74.18327 W
Population (1990): 1352 (2084 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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-ship\ [OE. -schipe, AS. -scipe; akin to OFries. -skipe, OLG. -skepi, D. -schap, OHG. -scaf, G. -schaft. Cf. Shape, n., and Landscape.] A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.
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