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Webster 1913 Edition

Authorship

Au′thor-ship

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Noun.

1.

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

2.

Source; origin; origination;

as, the

authorship

of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs

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Webster 1828 Edition

Authorship

AU'THORSHIP

,

Noun.

[author and ship.] The quality or state of being an author.

Definition 2025

authorship

authorship

English

Alternative forms

authourship (obsolete)

Noun

authorship ‎(countable and uncountable, plural authorships)

The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
The source; origin; origination
We are unaware of the authorship of this book

Translations

quality or state of being an author

Albanian: autorësi (sq)
Armenian: հեղինակություն (hy) ‎(hełinakutʿyun)
Bulgarian: авторство ‎(ávtorstvo)
Czech: autorství n
Dutch: schrijverschap n
Esperanto: aŭtoreco

French: paternité (fr)
German: Autorschaft (de) f
Polish: autorstwo (pl) n
Russian: а́вторство (ru) n ‎(ávtorstvo)
Serbo-Croatian: autórstvo (sh) n
Spanish: autoría (es)

References

authorship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913