Definition of Capitano

1. a head-man [n CAPITANOS or CAPITANI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capitano

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

Literary usage of Capitano

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

1. A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest Independence of by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1865)
"... —The capitano compelled by the people to execute two aristocratic conspirators—Tumultuous assemblage of the populace around the palace of the capitano ..."

2. Viaggi Di Pietro Della Valle, Il Pellegrino: Descritti Da Lui Medesimo in by Pietro Della Valle (1843)
"... andammo a spasso nell' altra nave Delfino, nostra compagna, dove il capitano ... nella galleria della nostra nave, in conversazione il capitano ed io, ..."

3. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1827)
"Venturino of Pesaro, was the original and genuine capitano Glorioso, a character well known, and long distinguished in the Italian drama. ..."

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