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captain general

noun

Etymology

Calque of Middle French capitaine général.

  1. derived from capitaine général

Definitions

  1. A commander-in-chief

    A commander-in-chief; the head of an armed force.

    • And his humanitie or gentlenes[…]was the cause he was deposed of his office of Captaine Generall.
    • He was taken to an assembly by the Governor of Cordoba, given dinner by the Captain General of Spain, who arranged transport for him to Cadiz, and was given nine letters alone for Naples by a leading Spanish courtier.

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