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captainship

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[kap-tuhn-ship] / ˈkæp tənˌʃɪp /

noun

  1. captaincy.

  2. the ability or skill of a military captain; leadership or generalship.

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Etymology

Origin of captainship

1400–50; late Middle English. See captain, -ship

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This will prove more beneficial to you, if you be thrifty, than your Captainship, and more natural: men of most valiant hands is this true?

From A King, and No King by Fletcher, John

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