单词 |
captainess |
释义 |
captainess|ˈkæptɪnɛs| [f. captain n. + -ess. Cf. F. capitainesse in sense 2.] 1. A female captain or commander. (Formerly frequent.)
1465Marg. Paston Lett. 502 II. 187, I had lever..to be captensse here then at Caster. 1581Sidney Astr. & Stella lxxxviii, From my dear Captainnesse to run away. 1658Ussher Ann. vi. 354 A Company of woemen whose Captainesse was Archidamia. 1864R. Burton Dahome II. 75 note, The captainesses of the life-guards. †2. The flagship of a fleet of galleys. Obs.
1600Holland Livy xxxv. xxvi. 903 The rest of the fleete having lost their captainesse [prætoria nave amissa]. |

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