Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nationality.
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- noun dated
nationality
Etymologies
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country + -ship
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Examples
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His name was Henderland; he spoke with the broad south-country tongue, which I was beginning to weary for the sound of; and besides common countryship, we soon found we had a more particular bond of interest.
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His name was Henderland; he spoke with the broad south-country tongue, which I was beginning to weary for the sound of; and besides common countryship, we soon found we had a more particular bond of interest.
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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The French Revolution is underway abroad, while at home we're just settling in to countryship and independence.
unknown title 2008
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