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Capo

//ˈkeɪpoʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
  2. 2
    A leader in the Mafia; a caporegime.
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of kapo. alt-of, alternative

    "[…] the capo in a sub-camp in 1940. As a foreman and capo in the quarry he earned the reputation of treating Jewish[…]"

  4. 4
    Abbreviation of contract agreement purchase order abbreviation, alt-of
  5. 5
    the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate wordnet
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  1. 6
    A leader and organizer of supporters at a sporting event, particularly association football matches.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Shortening of capotasto, from Italian.

Etymology 2

From Italian capo (“head, chief”). Doublet of cape, caput, chef, chief, head, and Howth.

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