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ˈcaptainship
[f. captain n. + -ship.]
1. The office, position, authority or rank of a captain; commandership; leadership.
c1465Eng. Chron. (Camd. Soc.) 79 To dyscharge hym [Capteyn of Caleys] of the capteynshyppe. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, xxxiii. §25 The Captainshippe of the Castell of Aberwstoyth. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 234 a, He was putte from the capitaineship of a compaignie of horsemen. 1643Prynne Power Parl. ii. 63 The Earle of Warwick was elected to the Captainship of Calice. 1752Carte Hist. Eng. III. 223 The captainship of the Scotch Guards. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. II. 150 A still more terrible host, called the Great Company..then under the captainship of Lando, a German.
2. The dignity or personality of a captain. humorous; cf. lordship.
1611L. Barrey Ram Alley in Hazl. Dodsley X. 324 Is this the fittest place Your captainship can find to puff in? 1612Chapman Widowes T. in Dodsley (1780) VI. 224 Your Captainship commands my service no farther. c1817Hogg Tales & Sk. VI. 154, I advise your lordship, your captainship, and your besiegership.
3. A district under the rule of a captain.[transl. Sp. & Pg. capitania.] 1680Morden Geog. Rect. (1685) 258 The Portugueses enjoy..the Captainships of Para, etc. 1825Waterton Wand. S. Amer. ii. ii. 173 He has been shot south of the line, in the captainship of Para.
4. Skill in performing the part of captain or leader, ‘skill in the military trade’ (J.).
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. xiii. 8 The itch of his Affection should not then Haue nickt his Captain-ship. |