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Captain Ersatzes

Captain Ersatzes is the plural of Captain Ersatz.

Meaning of Captain Ersatz

Noun

Captain Ersatz (plural Captain Ersatzes)

  1. (slang) A fictional character created as a knock-off of another character whose copyright is owned by a separate entity.
    • > And Astro City isn't mainly about the superhero powers and fights,
      No, it's mainly about the Captain Ersatz's and Kurt pretending to be a real novelist. Except, you know, his main characters are all superheroes and supervillains, so however much he apes Raymond Chandler his resolutions usually...2010 February 7, plausible prose man, “Doctor Doom - should he be retconned like Ultimate Nick Fury?”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), retrieved 15 Aug 2022

Questions about Captain Ersatzes

What is Captain Ersatzes the plural of?
Captain Ersatzes is the plural of Captain Ersatz.

Words near Captain Ersatzes in the dictionary

  1. Captain Cook
  2. Captain Cooker
  3. Captain Cookers
  4. Captain Cooks
  5. Captain Ersatz
  6. Captain Ersatzes
  7. captain general
  8. captain generals
  9. Captain Hindsight
  10. Captain Hook
  11. Captain Kirk

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