capitainship
Middle English
Alternative forms
- capteynship, capteigneship, capitaineshippe, capteynshyppe
Etymology
From capitain + -schipe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kap(ə)ˈtɛi̯n(ə)ʃip(ə)/, /kaːp(ə)ˈtɛi̯n(ə)ʃip(ə)/, /ˈkap(ə)tinʃip(ə)/
Noun
capitainship
- (rare) The position of a military commander or adminstrator.
Descendants
- English: captainship
References
- “capitainship (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-14.