Other Word Forms
- subcaptainship noun
Etymology
Origin of captainship
Example Sentences
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And the seniors have enjoyed assuming captainships, even if it has meant they occasionally have to be the “bad guys.”
From Washington Post
“It’s a great privilege to share the captainship with her and there’s no one else I’d like to share that with.”
From Seattle Times
All this was of a piece with a captainship that provided England with much-needed stability.
From The Guardian
Here on the Niangua River, one of countless spring-fed riffles cooling these mountains, inflated tubes bob alongside dented metal canoes and rubber rafts in great flotillas left to the captainship of the current.
From New York Times
So far as I can see, however, that event, like the captainship, is a long way off.
From Project Gutenberg
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