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Headship   /hˈɛdʃˌɪp/   Listen
Headship

noun
1.
The position of headmaster or headmistress.
2.
The position of head.






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"Headship" Quotes from Famous Books



... not long leave them in ignorance of his intentions. In the coolest possible way he at once assumed the headship of the family,—adopting them at once, and giving them the benefit of his opinions on every point that could ...
— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey

... beauty; and so thou wilt but grant me my desire of thee, I will advance thee yet further in honour and favour and largesse and make thee Vizier, for all thy tender age, even as the folk made me Sultan and I no older than thou; so that nowadays there is nothing strange in the headship of children, and gifted of God ...
— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume III • Anonymous

... to accept a government identical with the scheme of Napoleon I. when first consul. The proclamation made known the desire of the president to surrender his position into the hands of the people, or to accept the headship of a new government on the plan he proposed, and resting on universal suffrage. These proclamations were posted on all the walls of Paris by dawn of the 2nd of December; all the leading men of the assembly were arrested; Paris ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan



Words linked to "Headship" :   situation, post, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, headmistressship, Britain, billet, place, office, head, headmastership, position, UK, United Kingdom, Great Britain, U.K., berth, spot



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