captain-generalcyn.
The office or province of a captain-general.
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captaincy-general1846
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1844 Sat. Mag. Jan. Suppl. 34/2 From the time of its conquest, this country [sc. Yucatan] existed as a separate captain-generalcy.
1896 Cosmopolitan Feb. 412/1 The captain-generalcy of Venezuela had then been under the Spanish crown two hundred and forty years.
1900 Daily News 9 May 9/3 A headquarter [cyclist] corps in London, of which Mr. A. J. Balfour had accepted the Captain Generalcy.
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captain-generalship n.
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1898 Daily News 28 Nov. 7/4 Before the colonies had secured their independence four of them were rated as Viceroyalties, and five as Captain-Generalships.
1898 Daily News 10 Dec. 6/1 Promotion to the Captain-Generalship of Cuba.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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