The position, role, or status of being an agent; the office or authority given to an agent.
From agent + -ship suffix (denoting position or status); Latin agere (to act) + Germanic -ship (condition, office).
Words ending in -ship like 'agentship,' 'authorship,' and 'friendship' show how English mixed Latin verb roots with Germanic suffixes—a linguistic legacy of the Norman Conquest when French speakers ruled over Germanic-speaking workers.
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