Mās'ter-ship, n.

n. 1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; authority; superior skill; superiority. “Where noble youths for mastership should strive.” Dryden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. [Obs.] Dryden. ☞ The word is used with the possessive pronoun in speaking of any person to whom the title master belongs; sometimes, also, in banter or ridicule. “How now, seignior Launce, what news with your mastership?” Shak.