Word: mateships
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ma
te
ships
Definition: Plural of mateship. The post of mate on a ship; a posting as mate.
Morphemes:
Affix: mate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A first mate; the officer below the master on a commercial ship
Affix: -ship
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.