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- noun The role or position of a
maven .
Etymologies
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maven + -hood
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Examples
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My message to these people, delivered from the lofty heights of my newly acquired mavenhood, is this: stop beating up on yourselves.
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I claim no great mavenhood in this matter but my insight based on informed inquiries is that the clerks are under pressure to nit pick the petitions and find reasons for saying “no.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Alito Event (Pepperdine, Tuesday) on C-Span: 2007
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Even if I'm condemned to monkhood by Mallick's foray into fashion-mavenhood.
Dawg's Blawg 2005
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Even if I'm condemned to monkhood by Mallick's foray into fashion-mavenhood.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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