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Definition of "cap'n" [cap'n]

  • Contraction of captain used as a title. (noun)

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Use "cap'n" in a sentence
  • "If yer lookin' to be the cap'n of your own pirate party, scrounge up pirate grub like chicken wings, meat pies and plenty of ale to whet the whistles of yer fellow mates."
  • "I also love black powder but although I have a flintlock I have the most fun with my replica 1858 Remington Texas Model cap'n ball revolver."
  • "B. was waiting and doing nothing, hardly answering when spoken to, and our fellows were fidgeting and muttering, and Joe was growling at me, why wasn't the cap'n takin 'a-holt o' things, and why didn't I tell him?"