Captainess

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    female captain rare

    "the captainesses of industry"

Etymology

From Middle English captensse; equivalent to captain + -ess. Piecewise doublet of chieftainess.

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