Meaning of captain general | Babel Free

Definitions

A commander-in-chief; the head of an armed force.

historical

Examples

“And his humanitie or gentlenes[…]was the cause he was deposed of his office of Captaine Generall.”

““[A] man, without interest or pretension, may present a petition to the captain-general of his majesty's forces, demanding a commission for the first company that shall become vacant, and be as likely to meet with success, as an unsupported author that offers a performance to the stage.””

“He was taken to an assembly by the Governor of Cordoba, given dinner by the Captain General of Spain, who arranged transport for him to Cadiz, and was given nine letters alone for Naples by a leading Spanish courtier.”

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