captainy

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a captain.

Scrabble 15

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adjectivecaptainy (comparative more captainy, superlative most captainy)

comparative more captainy · superlative most captainy

  1. informalrareResembling or characteristic of a captain.

    Have you seen this guy? He's very, very captainy. True, he's no Bob Keeshan; but he's definitely a Captain.

    1998 July 26, Joe Rosales, “FURRY MOVIE CASTING CALL”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet)
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    BTW, anyone else think Mal talks a lot like Joss does in interviews? "I'm the captain. I'm going to do some captainy things" (or some-such). I^([sic]) bit cutesy, but quite appropriate and humorous in the particular situation.

    2002 October 5, Frank Swarbrick, “Firefly episode 3 -- much improved!”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet)

    The writers made Janeway to be a bad ass way too much, because it just came across unbelievable in the later seasons. I didn't mind a woman captain, but she was always so cold and captainy.

    2004 April 11, Sean Higgins, “My Take DS9, Voyager, Enterprise”, in alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise (Usenet)

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APA

captainy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/captainy

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “captainy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/captainy.

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