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CAPTAINCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does captaincy mean?
• CAPTAINCY (noun)
The noun CAPTAINCY has 1 sense:
1. the post of captain
Familiarity information: CAPTAINCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The post of captain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
captaincy; captainship
Hypernyms ("captaincy" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Context examples
But indeed this White Company is a rough band, and may take some handling ere you find yourself safe in your captaincy.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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