Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of captainship
Again, in the same queen's time, there were many Irish lords who did not surrender, yet obtained letters patents of the captainships of their countries, […]
1826, T. Comerford, The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Account of Time, to the Invasion of the English under King Henry II, page 321
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