authorship

== English == === Alternative forms === authourship (obsolete) === Etymology === From author + -ship. === Noun === authorship (countable and uncountable, plural authorships) The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author. Synonym: authorhood The source; the origin; the origination. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “authorship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.