"manship" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmænʃɪp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-manship.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Middle English manship (“position of honor; respect; courtesy; manly spirit or conduct; humanity; human condition”), from Old English manscipe (“humanity, courtesy”), equivalent to man + -ship. Cognate with Dutch manschap (“homage, manred, crew”), German Mannschaft (“team, crew, squad, force”), Swedish manskap (“rank, crew”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|manship||position of honor; respect; courtesy; manly spirit or conduct; humanity; human condition}} Middle English manship (“position of honor; respect; courtesy; manly spirit or conduct; humanity; human condition”), {{inh|en|ang|manscipe||humanity, courtesy}} Old English manscipe (“humanity, courtesy”), {{suffix|en|man|ship}} man + -ship, {{cog|nl|manschap||homage, manred, crew}} Dutch manschap (“homage, manred, crew”), {{cog|de|Mannschaft||team, crew, squad, force}} German Mannschaft (“team, crew, squad, force”), {{cog|sv|manskap||rank, crew}} Swedish manskap (“rank, crew”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} manship (uncountable)
  1. The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-manship-en-noun-0k~-WJKs
  2. (archaic) position of honor or respect; dignity, worthiness Tags: archaic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-manship-en-noun-F2Uk~RRM
  3. (archaic) honor shown to a person; homage, respect; courtesy Tags: archaic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-manship-en-noun-ZFzz2hhz
  4. (archaic) manly spirit or conduct; courage, valor, gallantry; chivalry Tags: archaic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-manship-en-noun-7hLf5nT0
  5. (archaic) human condition Tags: archaic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-manship-en-noun-Wspxryeb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 0 9 10 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ship: 28 2 13 9 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: manshiply, one-up-manship

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