graduateship
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
graduateship (countable and uncountable, plural graduateships)
- The state of being a graduate.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
- finish his circuit in an English Concordance and a topic folio , the gatherings and savings of a sober graduateship
- Collectively, those who have graduated
- 2012, Jubril Olabode Aka, Great Presidents of Nigerian 4th Republic::
- That is an arrogant, outright condemnation of the entire Nigerian university studentship and graduateship, especially those who have graduated after satisfying college/university requirements for a minimum of four years
References edit
- “graduateship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.