Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The power or command over a certain district; chieftainship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Power or command over a
district ;chieftainship .
Etymologies
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Examples
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These they raised in salute and through the portal strode a dwarf huge as Rador, dressed as he and carrying only the poniard that was the badge of office of Muria's captainry.
The Moon Pool 1919
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These they raised in salute and through the portal strode a dwarf huge as Rador, dressed as he and carrying only the poniard that was the badge of office of Muria's captainry.
The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt 1913
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-- "M. le Prince de Conti has established a captainry of eleven leagues around Ile-Adam and where everybody is vexed at it."
The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860
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These they raised in salute and through the portal strode a dwarf huge as Rador, dressed as he and carrying only the poniard that was the badge of office of Muria’s captainry.
The Moon Pool 2004
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Villers-Cotterets, he has revived the captainry; there are more than sixty places for sale on account of these princely annoyances.] [Footnote 1355: The old peasants with whom I once have talked still had
The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860
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