Captaincy Synonyms

The post of captain
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. captainship

Words Related to Captaincy

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. wicketkeeper
  2. vice-captain
  3. scrum-half
  4. managership

Captaincy Sentence Examples

  • During the war with Holland several efforts were made to conquer this captaincy, but without success.

  • Each captaincy extended along fifty leagues of coast.

  • Pedro de Goes obtained a grant of the captaincy of Parahyba between those of Sao Vicente and Espirito Santo; but his means were too feeble to enable him to make head against the aborigines, and the colony was broken up after a painful struggle of seven years.

  • In February 1661 he had obtained a captaincy of horse, and in 1667 he exchanged his vice-treasuryship of Ireland for the treasuryship of the navy.

  • Finding the spot chosen for the new town inconvenient, the colonists removed to the adjoining island of Sao Vicente, from which the captaincy derived its name.

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