captaincy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The rank or status of a captain.
The jurisdiction of a captain.
An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.

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captaincy captaincies

From captain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of chieftaincy.

captainship capitania

cocaptaincy donatary captaincy subcaptaincy

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