"copper captain" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1777, Francis Beaumont, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (play), page 4",
          "text": "Michael Perez, the copper captain"
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          "ref": "1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York: (books III-VII):",
          "text": "To this copper captain therefore, was confided the command of the troops.",
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        "A person falsely giving themselves the title of captain."
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          "sense": "a person falsely giving themselves the title of captain",
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          "word": "far-chaptan"
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  "word": "copper captain"
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  "word": "copper captain"
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