"captaincy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-captaincy.wav Forms: captaincies [plural]
Etymology: From captain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of chieftaincy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|captain|cy}} captain + -cy, {{piecewise doublet|en|chieftaincy}} Piecewise doublet of chieftaincy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} captaincy (countable and uncountable, plural captaincies)
  1. The rank or status of a captain. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: captainship Translations (rank or status of a captain): kapteinskap (Afrikaans), capitania [feminine] (Catalan), capitanat [masculine] (French), capitanía [feminine] (Spanish), ukapteni (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-captaincy-en-noun-gqs4wguL Disambiguation of 'rank or status of a captain': 88 11 0
  2. The jurisdiction of a captain. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-captaincy-en-noun-pr8CeSAU
  3. (historical) An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Offices Synonyms: capitania Translations (administrative division): capitania [feminine] (Catalan), capitania [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-captaincy-en-noun-jhILNfFd Disambiguation of Offices: 28 16 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 1 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 30 4 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 4 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 2 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 2 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 15 3 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 3 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 3 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 1 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 1 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 19 4 77 Disambiguation of 'administrative division': 1 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cocaptaincy, donatary captaincy, subcaptaincy

Inflected forms

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