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Capitano

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    A head man.
  2. 2
    One of the four stock characters of commedia dell'arte who typically appropriated the name "captain" for himself but was not one; he was often a blowhard and a swaggerer who could maintain his self-important claims only if none of the locals knew him.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian capitano. Doublet of captain and chieftain.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Capitano.

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