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twinship en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English twin Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English twinship From twin + -ship.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The condition of being a twin
   • 1858 Charles Arad Joy et. al. - Addresses of the Newly-appointed Professors of Columbia College In this twinship of right and duty lies the embryonic genesis of liberty . . .

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Synonyms

twindom · twinness · twinhood

twinship en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From twin + ship.

Meanings

1. Either of a pair of ships of exactly the same design
   • The Royal George, a twinship, was nearly as much approved of; and these two ships, by their fast sailing, were the principal, causes of the defeat of the enemy's fleets . . . 1837, Edward Pelham Brenton, The Naval History of Great Britain:

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