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roostership en · NOUN

Etymology

From rooster + -ship.

Meanings

  1. (dated, humorous) A term of address for a rooster.
    • We found his roostership to be / Like many fallen from high degree, / But little less than vanity. 1880, Sarah Loring Bailey, Historical Sketches of Andover, page 452:

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