captainessn.

Brit.

/kaptᵻˈnɛs/,

/ˈkaptᵻnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈkæptənəs/

Etymology: < captain n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare French capitainesse in sense 2.

1. A female captain or commander. (Formerly frequent.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief > woman

captainess1465

1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 298 I had levere..to be captenesse here then at Castere.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 36 From my deare Captainnesse to runne away.

1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 354 A Company of woemen whose Captainesse was Archidamia.

1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 75 (note) The captainesses of the life-guards.

†2. The flagship of a fleet of galleys. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > flagship > of fleet of

admiral galley1579

capitana1596

captainess1600

capitan galley1755

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. xxvi. 903 The rest of the fleete having lost their captainesse [L. praetoria nave amissa].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	captainess
释义	captainessn. Brit. /kaptᵻˈnɛs/, /ˈkaptᵻnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkæptənəs/ Etymology: < captain n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare French capitainesse in sense 2. 1. A female captain or commander. (Formerly frequent.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief > woman captainess1465 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 298 I had levere..to be captenesse here then at Castere. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 36 From my deare Captainnesse to runne away. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 354 A Company of woemen whose Captainesse was Archidamia. 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 75 (note) The captainesses of the life-guards. †2. The flagship of a fleet of galleys. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > flagship > of fleet of admiral galley1579 capitana1596 captainess1600 capitan galley1755 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. xxvi. 903 The rest of the fleete having lost their captainesse [L. praetoria nave amissa]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1465
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