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† ˈunder-ˌcaptain Obs.
[under-1 6 a.]
A captain subordinate to another.
In quots. 1526 = ‘centurion’.
1442Rolls of Parlt. V. 60/1 All these saide Shippes..to obey suche rewle..as be their Capitayne and undre Capitayns shall to hem be ordeyned. c1450Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 453 That he delyvered..the castell.., when he was undercapiten, to the kynge of Fraunce. 1526Tindale Acts xxi. 32 The hye captayne..toke soudiers and vndercaptynes. [Ibid. 33 When they sawe the vpper captayne, etc.] Ibid. xxvii. 11 The vndercaptayne beleved the gouerner..better then..Paul.1550Crowley Way to Wealth 641 He woulde not harken to the right aduice of Achior hys vndercaptaine. 1614Raleigh Hist. World iii. 112 He lost fame and high reputation as easily againe, by meanes of some sleight injury done to them by his under-Captaines. 1648Gage West Ind. x. (1655) 35 Also there were other Gentlemen, that were Under-captains, but a small number. |