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Captaincy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The rank or status of a captain. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the post of captain wordnet
  3. 3
    The jurisdiction of a captain. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. countable, historical, uncountable

    "He obtains a captaincy in the Catalonian army"

Etymology

From captain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of chieftaincy.

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