Definition of "captaine" []

• Obsolete spelling of captain. (noun)

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• "Iaques Dirriksons ship aforesaide, who was slaine in the mountaines, namely captaine Kloyers Lieutenant."
• "Dirriksons ship aforesaide, who was slaine in the mountaines, namely captaine Kloyers Lieutenant."
• "Thus you have heard the tragicall end of Henry Greene and his mates, whom they called captaine, these four being the only lustie men in all the ship.”"