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captain generals

captain generals is the plural of captain general.

Meaning of captain general

Noun

captain general (plural captains general or captain generals)

  1. (historical) A commander-in-chief; the head of an armed force.
    • And his humanitie or gentlenes[…]was the cause he was deposed of his office of Captaine Generall.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 36, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

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What is captain generals the plural of?
Captain generals is the plural of captain general.

Words near captain generals in the dictionary

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

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