ˌship noun suffix
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English -schipe, -shipe, -ship, from Old English -scipe; akin to Old Frisian -skip, -skipi -ship, Old Saxon -skap, -skepi, -skipi, Old High German -scaf, -scaft, Old Norse -skapr; all from a prehistoric Germanic word represented by Old High German scaf nature, condition, quality; akin to Old English sceppan, scyppan to shape — more at shape
1. : state : condition : quality
son ship
friend ship
scholar ship
2. : office : dignity : profession
clerk ship
chancellor ship
lord ship
author ship
3. : art : skill
horseman ship
marksman ship
seaman ship
4. : something showing, exhibiting, or embodying a quality or state
town ship
fellow ship
court ship
5. : one entitled to a (specified) rank, title, or appellation — used with possessive pronouns
his Lord ship