surgeoncy

Noun

 * 1)  The office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.
 * 2) * 1768,, letter to Mr. J—W—E., in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp.4-5,
 * his abilities, address, good nature, and good sense, have got him a surgeoncy in the batalion of guards, which is reckoned a very good thing.
 * his abilities, address, good nature, and good sense, have got him a surgeoncy in the batalion of guards, which is reckoned a very good thing.