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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