D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Statehood

/(stāt"ho͝od)/ · State·hood · IPA /ˈsteɪthʊd/
01 n. The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
  1. 1.
    The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.