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Webster 1913 Edition


Captaincy

Cap′tain-cy

,
Noun.
;
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)

  1. The rank or status of a captain.
  2. 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.