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单词 capitano
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capitanon.

Brit. /ˌkapᵻˈtɑːnəʊ/, U.S. /ˌkæpəˈtɑˌnoʊ/
Inflections: Plural capitani, capitanos.
Forms: 1500s– capitano, 1700s capitaneo.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian capitano.
Etymology: < Italian †capitaneo, capitano captain n. Compare earlier captain n.The plural form capitani reflects the Italian plural form. In quot. 1814 probably after Portuguese capitão captain n.
Chiefly in Italian contexts: a captain, headman, or chief; spec. a swaggering but cowardly soldier who appears as a stock character esp. in the Commedia dell'Arte.
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society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief
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1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Biv Don Lucifer himselfe their grand Capitano, asketh no better throne than a bleare eye to set vp his state in.
1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. X7 The Præfectus otherwise called the Capitano,..ouer all their [sc. Venitian] forces.
1718 J. Addison Remarks Italy (ed. 2) 104 The chief Officers of the Common-wealth are the Two Capitaneos.
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 110 I made him a Capitano, by giving him a frock and drawers of chintz.
1814 Belfast Monthly Mag. 12 202/2 The Portuguese always called me governor; the Bijugas capitano; but all the other nations king, (rey).
1887 Walford's Antiquarian Mag. Oct. 222 Perhaps the most curious and interesting personage in the Commedia dell' Arte was the Capitano.
1901 Folk-lore 12 309 The Capitano..wildly waves his sword and forms them again into line.
1968 E. E. Lowinsky Medici Codex of 1518 I. i. iv. 29/1 The Florentine statutes prohibited a citizen from assuming the office of capitano of the militia.
1988 T. F. Heck Commedia dell'arte vi. 209 The author cites many instances of the Capitano in regular renaissance comedy.
2009 Daily Mail (Nexis) 28 Oct. A man he still plainly sees as his chief, his capitano, the man he worked for when he was even younger.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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