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copatain

copatain adjective: being a kind of hat with a high pointed crown.

Adjective

copatain (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Being a kind of hat with a high pointed crown.
    • O fine villain! A silken doublet, a velvet hose, a scarlet cloak, and a copatain hat! O, I am undone! I am undone! While I play the good husband at home, my son and my servant spend all at the university.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Origin of copatain

Perhaps an alteration of captain.

Questions about copatain

What does copatain mean?
Copatain means being a kind of hat with a high pointed crown.
What part of speech is copatain?
Copatain is an adjective.

Words near copatain in the dictionary

  1. copasetic
  2. copassenger
  3. copassengers
  4. copastor
  5. copastors
  6. copatain
  7. copatentee
  8. copatentees
  9. copathogen
  10. copathogenesis
  11. copathogenic

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