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Captain ˈGeneral, captain-general Hist.
[= F. capitain général, Sp. capitan general.]
Chief commander of a force: commander-in-chief of an army (obs. in Eng. use). Also the governor of a Spanish province or colony.
1514Summ. Terouane in Rel. Ant. I. 317 The Lord Pont Deremy, capeteyn generall. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 279 Honour'd Captaine Generall of the Grecian Armie, Agamemnon. 1708Proclam. 30 Dec. in Lond. Gaz. No. 4503/1 John Duke of Marlborough, Captain General of our Forces. 1777Watson Philip II (1839) 159 The marquis of Mondejar, captain-general of the province. 1809Wellington Let. in Gurw. Disp. V. 3 Appointing me one of the Captains General of the Spanish armies. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. i. (1879) 3 It is here the governors and captain-generals of the islands have been buried. |