Headship
[hedʃip]
Definition
(noun.) the position of head.
(noun.) the position of headmaster or headmistress.
Editor: Myra--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Authority or dignity; chief place.
Checker: Tanya
Examples
- The form assumed by the government of Holland was a patrician republic under the headship of the house of Orange. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a strong party of Greeks, it must be understood, a Pan-Hellenic party, in favour of the Greek headship of Philip. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Muriel