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copper captains

copper captains is the plural of copper captain.

Meaning of copper captain

Noun

copper captain (plural copper captains)

  1. A person falsely giving themselves the title of captain.
    • Michael Perez, the copper captain1777, Francis Beaumont, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (play), page 4

Questions about copper captains

What is copper captains the plural of?
Copper captains is the plural of copper captain.

Words near copper captains in the dictionary

  1. copper barilla
  2. copper beech
  3. copper beeches
  4. Copper Canyon
  5. copper captain
  6. copper captains
  7. copper chopper
  8. copper choppers
  9. copper fasten
  10. copper fastened
  11. copper fastening

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