Plural of captaincy
regular plural
The plural of captaincy is captaincies.
Forms of captaincy
| Singular | captaincy |
|---|---|
| Plural | captaincies |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Captaincies in a sentence
- Donatary captaincies were the political, territorial, and administrative units of colonial Brazil.2006, John Michael Francis, Iberia and the Americas, page 412. From the entry donatary captaincy
- Pernambuco proved to be the most successful of the donatary captaincies established in Brazil, largely owing to the donatary Duarte Coelho.1994, Otto Solbrig, Dorothy J. Solbrig, So Shall You Reap: Farming And Crops In Human Affairs, page 155. From the entry donatary captaincy
Meaning of captaincy
- noun The rank or status of a captain.
- noun The jurisdiction of a captain.
- noun An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.
Questions about the plural of captaincy
- What is the plural of captaincy?
- The plural of captaincy is captaincies.
- Is captaincy countable?
- Captaincy is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: captaincy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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