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Definition: WARDSHIP |
WARDSHIPNoun1. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. 2. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. |
Date "WARDSHIP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Safety | Guardianship, wardship, wardenship; tutelage, custody, safekeeping; preservation; protection, auspices. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: WARDSHIP |
| English words defined with "WARDSHIP": Guardage. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | If, however, the heir of any one of the aforesaid has been under age and in wardship, let him have his inheritance without relief and without fine when he comes of age. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "WARDSHIP" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "WARDSHIP" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 86 | 35,638 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "WARDSHIP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tutelë (guarding, tutelage), kujdestari (care, custody, guardianship, protectorship, stewardship, trusteeship). (various references) | |
Arabic | صولجان السلطة (truncheon, warder). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | опекунство (guardianship, tutelage, tutorage, tutorship), опека (guardianship, trust, trusteeship, ward), настойничество (tutelage, tutorship, ward). (various references) | |
Czech | svìřenectví, poruèenství. (various references) | |
Dutch | ontstentenis van verzoening (order pendente lite regarding wife's domicile and alimony and wardship of children). (various references) | |
Finnish | sovitteluyrityksen tuloksettomuuden toteava päätös (order pendente lite regarding wife's domicile and alimony and wardship of children). (various references) | |
French | tutelle (ward). (various references) | |
German | Vormundschaft (guardianship, tutelage). (various references) | |
Greek | κηδεμονία ανήλικου. (various references) | |
Hungarian | gyámság (guardianship, trusteeship, tutelage, ward). (various references) | |
Italian | tutela (buckram, defence, defense, Foster, guardianship, protection, safeguard, tutelage, ward). (various references) | |
Manx | dolteynys (adoption). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ardshipway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tutela (custody, guardianship, protectorship, pupilage, tutelage, tutorage, ward), menoridade (minority, pupilage), curadoria (guardianship, trusteeship). (various references) | |
Russian | опека (custody, guardianship, guarding, keeping, trusteeship, tutelage, ward). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | starateljstvo (custody, guardianship, mandate, trusteeship, tutelage, tutorship, ward). (various references) | |
Spanish | tutela (aegis, egis, guardianship, tutelage, ward). (various references) | |
Swedish | sådant beslut i äktenskapsmål varigenom fastställs att makarna inte har förlikats (order pendente lite regarding wife's domicile and alimony and wardship of children). (various references) | |
Turkish | vesayet (tutelage, tutelar, tutelary, tutorship, ward), vasilik (guardianship, tutelage, tutorship). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | опікування (custody, guardianship, patronage, ward). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự bảo trợ (patronage, ward). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "WARDSHIP": wardships. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "WARDSHIP": stewardship. (additional references) | |
Words containing "WARDSHIP": stewardships. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "WARDSHIP" (pronounced 'Ward"ship'): Bardship, Beauship, Cadetship, Chargeship, Childship, Churchship, Clanship, Clerkship, Coheirship, Connoisseurship, Courtship, Curship, Deanship, flagship, Foreship, Foxship, Friendship, Gladship, hardship, headship, judgeship, kingship, kinship, Lordship, Midship, Overlordship, Overseership, Patroonship, Pimpship, Queenship, Rogueship, Saintship, Schoolship, Seership, Shendship, Soleship, Sonship, squireship, Stayship, steamship, Stopship, Storeship, Swainship, thaneship, township, troopship, trusteeship, Unfriendship, Unkingship, Workship. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-h-i-p-r-s-w" | |
-1 letter: warship. | |
-2 letters: aphids, parish, radish, raphis, rapids, rawish, ripsaw, shaird, sparid. | |
-3 letters: aphid, aphis, apish, dashi, draws, drips, hairs, hards, harps, padis, padri, pairs, pardi, pards, paris, pshaw, raids, rapid, sapid, shard, sharp, spahi, sward, wadis, wairs, wards, warps, whaps, whids, whips, whirs, wisha, wraps. | |
-4 letters: aids, airs, arid, dahs, dais, daps, dash, daws. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-h-i-p-r-s-w" | |
+1 letter: wardships. | |
+2 letters: wardenship. | |
+3 letters: stewardship, wardenships. | |
+4 letters: stewardships. | |
+5 letters: landownership, swordsmanship. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Historic | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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