Definition of Capitayn

1. a captain [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capitayn

capitan
capitani
capitano
capitanos
capitans
capitate
capitate bone
capitated
capitates
capitatim
capitating
capitation
capitation fee
capitations
capitative
capitayn (current term)
capitayns
capitella
capitellate
capitellum
capitium
capitols
capitonnage
capitonym
capitonyms
capitopedal
capitualtion
capitula
capitular
capitular joint

Literary usage of Capitayn

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

1. Excerpta Historica: Or, Illustrations of English History (1833)
"... and in this case the said capitayn shall abide therm himself and all his men For ... withe his capitayn, and that no man by no suche ..."

2. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"301 Gunners 15 The Mary George,3 Portage 300 Barkley, capitayn of his owne . 100 [Throgmorton] .... Of Sir Roger Lewknor . ..."

3. The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher: In Search of a Passage to Cathaia and by George Best, Richard Collinson (1867)
"... the] capitayn called for an other bell which aliso he [rea]ched to him with a short arme, and in that reache [he] caught holde on the man's hand, ..."

4. State Papers by Great Britain Record commission (1834)
"... chieff capitayn of his countre, called Oyle, and also Hugh ... capitayn of hys countre, called McHenry, cam yn, and submitted hymself to Your ..."

5. Fragments of Scotish History by Sir John Graham Dalyell (1798)
"Syr Fraunces Bryan, Knight, capitayn of the light horsemen, ... M. Syr Thomas Darcy, Knight, capitayn of all the Kynges Maiestie ..."

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