Definition of Captainships

1. Noun. (plural of captainship) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Captainships

1. captainship [n] - See also: captainship

Lexicographical Neighbors of Captainships

captain of industry
captaincies
captaincy
captaine
captained
captaining
captainless
captainlike
captainly
captainries
captainry
captains
captains general
captains of industry
captainship
captainships (current term)
captan
captans
captation
captations
captative
captayne
captayneship
caption
captioned
captioner
captioners
captioning
captionless
captions

Literary usage of Captainships

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Portugal by Henry Morse Stephens (1891)
"Dom Antonio Telles da Silva, the Portuguese Governor-General at once proclaimed King John IV. at San Salvador, and the Portuguese in the Dutch captainships ..."

2. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"... belong to this district. this city, though an equal degree of luxury does not prevail here as in the capitals of the more t. captainships. ..."

3. History of Brazil: Comprising a Geographical Account of that Country by Andrew Grant (1809)
"... evident among the inhabitants of this city, though an equal degree of luxury does not prevail here as in the capitals of the more southern captainships. ..."

4. Ireland Under Elizabeth and James the First by Edmund Spenser, John Davies, Fynes Moryson, Henry Morley (1890)
"Again, in the same Queen's time there were many Irish lords which did not surrender, yet obtained Letters Patents of the captainships of their countries, ..."

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