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Webster 1913 Edition
Captaincy
Cap′tain-cy
,Noun.
pl.
Captaincies
. The rank, post, or commission of a captain.
Washington.
Captaincy general
, the office, power, territory, or jurisdiction of a captain general;
as, the
.captaincy general
of La Habana (Cuba and its islands)Webster 1828 Edition
Captaincy
CAPTAINCY
,Noun.
1.
The rank, post or commission of a captain.2.
The jurisdiction of a captain, or commander, as in South America.Definition 2024
captaincy
captaincy
English
Noun
captaincy (plural captaincies)
- The rank or status of a captain.
- The jurisdiction of a captain.
Quotations
- 1828 Juan van Halen - Narrative of Don Juan Van Halen's Imprisonment in the Dungeons of the Inquistion at Madrid
- He obtains a captaincy in the Catalonian army
- 1859 Garcilaso de la Vega, Christóbel de Acuña, Clements Robert Markham - Expeditions Into the Valley of the Amazons
- The territory bathed by this river belongs to the captaincy of Benito Maciel the father.