captaincy
English
noun
Definitions
- The rank or status of a captain.
- The jurisdiction of a captain.
- (historical) An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.
Etymology
Suffix from English captain.
Origin
English
captain
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bus captain English
- captain English
- captainess English
- captainish English
- captainless English
- captainlike English
- captainly English
- captainship English
- cocaptain English
- subcaptain English
- subcaptaincy English
- vice-captain English
- キャプテン Japanese
- capitain Middle English
- capitaine Old French
- कप्तान Hindi
- captan Manx
- ကက်ပတိန် Burmese
- 喼頓 Chinese
- kapteni Swahili
- kepten Tok Pisin
- kapten Sranan Tongo