captaincy
captaincy · captaincies
The rank or status of a captainThe rank or status of a captain.
» Being given the captaincy was the greatest honour she'd ever been given.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The rank or status of a captain.
the post of captain
(countable, uncountable)The jurisdiction of a captain.
(countable, historical, uncountable)An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.
Examples
2 sentencesBeing given the captaincy was the greatest honour she'd ever been given.
Bangladesh's visually impaired cricketers plays under the captaincy of Hafizur Rahman Bullet.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From captain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of chieftaincy.From captain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of chieftaincy.
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Forms
plural: captaincies| Singular | captaincy |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the post of captain:captainship
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable