Definition of Capitan

1. a chief admiral [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capitan

capitalistic
capitalistically
capitalists
capitalizable
capitalization
capitalizations
capitalize
capitalized
capitalizer
capitalizers
capitalizes
capitalizing
capitally
capitalness
capitals
capitan (current term)
capitani
capitano
capitanos
capitans
capitate
capitate bone
capitated
capitates
capitatim
capitating
capitation
capitation fee
capitations
capitative

Literary usage of Capitan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"... office of capitan-pasha. His administration restored order and reestablished justice in such a degree, that most of the fugitives returned from Roumelia ..."

2. History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of by Archibald Alison (1854)
"CHAP. Another naval victory of still greater magnitude graced 1825. 24th May, the capitan Pacha put to sea from the Dar- Victory'of ..."

3. Letters Received by the East India Company from Its Servants in the East by East India Company, Frederick Charles Danvers, William Foster (1896)
"EAST INDIA COMPANY'S RECORDS 86 The copy of a letter written by the Aga of Mocha and Mammy capitan unto Sir Henry Middleton; dated the 28th of June, 1612. ..."

4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1829)
"... the capitan Pacha, refuses to Saw.. render— Yussuf Pacha betrays the Place—The capitan Pacha, with Three Hundred Men, retires into the Citadel—He is ..."

5. The United Service (1903)
""To capitan Constancia as well." "Oh, indeed, and the large one at the end of the street with the garden around it?" "That is the home of capitan Constancia ..."

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