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captainship

captainship noun: captaincy.

Noun

captainship (plural captainships)

  1. captaincy

Forms of captainship

pluralcaptainships

Origin of captainship

From Middle English capitainship; equivalent to captain + -ship. Piecewise doublet of chieftainship.

Questions about captainship

What does captainship mean?
Captainship means captaincy.
What part of speech is captainship?
Captainship is a noun.
What is the plural of captainship?
The plural of captainship is captainships.

Words near captainship in the dictionary

  1. Captains Flat
  2. captains general
  3. Captains Obvious
  4. captains of industry
  5. captains regent
  6. captainship
  7. captainships
  8. captan
  9. captation
  10. captations
  11. captative

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