"led captain" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "January 8 1733, Jonathan Swift, letter to Lady Betty Germain\nMr. Pope (with whom I lived) and Mr. Gay were then great favourites of Mrs. Howard, especially the latter, who was then one of her led-captains."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1777, The Laughing Philosopher",
          "text": "We hardly ſee a poor Peer, or a debilitated Knight, without his Toad-eater and Led-Captain; a Thing devoted to ſmile when he ſmiles, laugh loud when he does, and entertain his gueſts by ſubmitting himself to be the butt and jeſt of his keeper.",
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      "glosses": [
        "An obsequious sidekick"
      ],
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        "(obsolete) An obsequious sidekick"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
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  "word": "led captain"
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        {
          "text": "January 8 1733, Jonathan Swift, letter to Lady Betty Germain\nMr. Pope (with whom I lived) and Mr. Gay were then great favourites of Mrs. Howard, especially the latter, who was then one of her led-captains."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1777, The Laughing Philosopher",
          "text": "We hardly ſee a poor Peer, or a debilitated Knight, without his Toad-eater and Led-Captain; a Thing devoted to ſmile when he ſmiles, laugh loud when he does, and entertain his gueſts by ſubmitting himself to be the butt and jeſt of his keeper.",
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        }
      ],
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        "An obsequious sidekick"
      ],
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          "sidekick",
          "sidekick"
        ]
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        "(obsolete) An obsequious sidekick"
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "led captain"
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