Definition of "governor-generalship" [governor-generalship]

• The office, functions, sphere of authority, etc., of a governor-general. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I am no fan of the governor-generalship, but I must question the wisdom of PETA to garner Canadian sympathy with the words "It sounds like she's trying to give Canadians an even more Neanderthal image around the world than they already have.""
• "At the expiration of Montmagny's term of office, the governor-generalship was offered by Louis XIV to Maisonneuve, who thought fit to decline."
• "There were to be three governors under him, and he wrote to Burton offering him the governor-generalship of Darfur, with �600 a year."