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captainess

captainess noun: female captain.

Noun

captainess (plural captainesses)

  1. (rare) female captain
    • the captainesses of industry

Forms of captainess

pluralcaptainesses

Origin of captainess

From Middle English captensse; equivalent to captain + -ess. Piecewise doublet of chieftainess.

Questions about captainess

What does captainess mean?
Captainess means female captain.
What part of speech is captainess?
Captainess is a noun.
What is the plural of captainess?
The plural of captainess is captainesses.

Words near captainess in the dictionary

  1. captaincies
  2. captaincy
  3. captaine
  4. captained
  5. captaines
  6. captainess
  7. captainesses
  8. captaining
  9. captainish
  10. captainless
  11. captainlike

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