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capitano¹

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From Italian capitano. Doublet of captain and chieftain.

noun capitanos · capitanoes · capitani

  1. A head man.
  2. One of the four stock characters of commedia dell'arte, who typically appropriated the name "captain" for himself but was not one; he was often a blowhard and a swaggerer who could maintain his self-important claims only if none of the locals knew him.

Capitano²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Capitano.

proper noun Capitanos

  1. A surname from Italian.

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"capitano." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/capitano. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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capitano. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/capitano

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"capitano." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/capitano.

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@misc{capitano_2026,
  title = {capitano},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capitano},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}