Captaincy
['kæptənsi]
Definition
(n.) The rank, post, or commission of a captain.
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Examples
- If they should reach a captaincy in the line before they arrived at a majority in the staff, they would elect which commission they would retain. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Generally lieutenants were appointed to captaincies to fill vacancies in the staff corps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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