capitano
English
noun
Definitions
- A head man.
- 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 know him
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian capitano.
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
capitano
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- capitaneus Latin
- capitāneus Latin
- capitaneggiare Italian
- capitaneria Italian
- capitano Italian
- căpitan Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cãpitan Aromanian