"captainess" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: captainesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English captensse; equivalent to captain + -ess. Piecewise doublet of chieftainess. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|captensse}} Middle English captensse, {{suffix|en|captain|ess<id:female>}} captain + -ess, {{piecewise doublet|en|chieftainess}} Piecewise doublet of chieftainess Head templates: {{en-noun}} captainess (plural captainesses)
  1. (rare) female captain Tags: rare Categories (topical): Female people Translations (female captain): Kapitänin (english: on a vessel) [feminine] (German), Hauptmännin (note: in the military) [feminine] (German), Hauptfrau (note: in the military) [feminine] (German), kaptenska [feminine] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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