"capitão do mato" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: capitães do mato [plural]
Etymology: Literally, “captain of the jungle”. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|captain of the jungle}} “captain of the jungle”, {{lit|captain of the jungle}} Literally, “captain of the jungle” Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|capitães do mato}} capitão do mato m (plural capitães do mato), {{tlb|pt|Brazil}} (Brazil)
  1. (historical) slave catcher, particularly one in Brazil Tags: Brazil, historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-capitão_do_mato-pt-noun-LUPHg5Ut Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese Disambiguation of Brazilian Portuguese: 46 54
  2. (derogatory, offensive) Uncle Tom (black man who is servile to white authority) Tags: Brazil, derogatory, masculine, offensive
    Sense id: en-capitão_do_mato-pt-noun-uDLhVPiP Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Male people, Occupations, Slavery Disambiguation of Brazilian Portuguese: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Male people: 9 91 Disambiguation of Occupations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Slavery: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: capitão-do-mato

Inflected forms

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