imˈpostorship
[f. impostor + -ship.]
The office or character of an impostor.
| 1620 Shelton Quix. III. xi. 68 This Vale of Tears where there's scarce anything without Mixture of Mischief, Impostorship or Villany. 1641 Milton Prel. Episc. 23 An examiner, and discoverer of this impostorship. 1823 Bentham Not Paul 185 Should he..find himself stigmatized as an impostor;—find himself encountered by a certificate of impostorship. 1836 Fraser's Mag. XIII. 334 In the annals of literary, as well as political impostorship. |