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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) The quality of being an eagle, or having qualities associated with those of an eagle..
And, there was no mistaking his eagleship... He held himself regal and above it all, one of life's avid watchers... And perhaps one of its creators?
Thou knowest that I always illustrated my eagleship, by aiming at the noblest quarries ; and by disdaining to make a stoop at wrens, phyl-tits, and wag-tails.
We may ask it: an eagle is expected, and how is he to declare his eagleship save by breaking through our mean conventional systems, tearing links asunder, taking his own in the teeth of vulgar ordinances?
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Eagleship means (archaic) The quality of being an eagle, or having qualities associated with those of an eagle..
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And, there was no mistaking his eagleship... He held himself regal and above it all, one of life's avid watchers... And perhaps one of its creators?
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