Meanings
nouncopper captain (plural copper captains)
plural copper captains
- A person falsely giving themselves the title of captain.
Michael Perez, the copper captain
1777, Francis Beaumont, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (play), page 41 more example
To this copper captain therefore, was confided the command of the troops.
1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York: (books III-VII)
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