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captainlike

adj

Etymology

From captain + -like.

  1. derived from *kap-✻
  2. derived from caput
  3. derived from capitāneus
  4. derived from capitaine
  5. inherited from capitain
  6. suffixed as captainlike — “captain + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a captain.

    • "Let's get that jib in," I said, using what I hoped was a calm and captainlike voice.
    • And I never did become squad captain — but I've decided to do one final, captainlike thing. Tomorrow at lunch I'll call a meeting of the Cheer Squad.
    • I toyed briefly with the impulse to exercise my authority and order up, in a loud and captainlike tone, my dinner.

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