capitain

• capteyn, captein, capitein, capitayn, capeteigne, captayn, capitaigne, capiteine, capiteyn, capytayn, capitan

Borrowed from Old French capitaine, borrowed itself from Late Latin capitāneus. Doublet of cheveteyn.

• IPA^(key): /kap(ə)ˈtɛi̯n(ə)/, /kaːp(ə)ˈtɛi̯n(ə)/, /ˈkap(ə)tin(ə)/

capitain (plural capitaines)

1. The head of a military grouping or force; a general or marshal.
2. An officer; one who commands part of a military force or army.
3. (rare) The leader of a nation or a political division; a high-ranking politician.
4. (rare) One who leads military forces at sea.

• capitainerie
• capitainship

• English: captain
• Scots: caiptain

• “capitain (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-14.