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captayneship

captayneship is the obsolete form of captainship.

Meaning of captainship

Noun

captainship (plural captainships)

  1. captaincy

Forms of captayneship

pluralcaptayneships

Origin of captayneship

From captayne + -ship.

Questions about captayneship

What is captayneship the obsolete form of?
Captayneship is the obsolete form of captainship.

Words near captayneship in the dictionary

  1. captations
  2. captative
  3. captatives
  4. captayne
  5. captaynes
  6. captayneship
  7. captayneships
  8. captcha
  9. captchas
  10. captee
  11. captees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: captayneship (page history and authors); captainship (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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