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Definition of Captainships
1. captainship [n] - See also: captainship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Captainships
Literary usage of Captainships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Portugal by Henry Morse Stephens (1891)
"Dom Antonio Telles da Silva, the Portuguese Governor-General at once proclaimed
King John IV. at San Salvador, and the Portuguese in the Dutch captainships ..."
2. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"... belong to this district. this city, though an equal degree of luxury does not
prevail here as in the capitals of the more t. captainships. ..."
3. History of Brazil: Comprising a Geographical Account of that Country by Andrew Grant (1809)
"... evident among the inhabitants of this city, though an equal degree of luxury
does not prevail here as in the capitals of the more southern captainships. ..."
4. Ireland Under Elizabeth and James the First by Edmund Spenser, John Davies, Fynes Moryson, Henry Morley (1890)
"Again, in the same Queen's time there were many Irish lords which did not surrender,
yet obtained Letters Patents of the captainships of their countries, ..."
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