rivalship

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rivalship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

rival +‎ -ship

Noun

rivalship (countable and uncountable, plural rivalships)

  1. Rivalry
    • 1776 — Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 759
      Where the competition is free, the rivalship of competitors, who are all endeavouring to justle one another out of employment, obliges every man to endeavour to execute his work with a certain degree of exactness.

References
  • rivalship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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