Sentence example with the word 'captaincy'

captaincy

Definition n. the post of captain

Last update: September 30, 2015


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In February 1661 he had obtained a captaincy of horse, and in 1667 he exchanged his vice-treasuryship of Ireland for the treasuryship of the navy.   [Please select]

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Will you have a place in the foot if his Excellency can get you a captaincy.   [Please select]

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Every student in the ship is a candidate for the captaincy.   [Please select]

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On reflection I am greatly troubled that I declined the captaincy.   [Please select]

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Dacre had attained his captaincy, but he was not regarded with great respect by any one.   [Please select]

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He joined the cavalry of the North, and hammered and fought his way to a captaincy.   [Please select]

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She had been proud of her captaincy, and to give it up was a wrench.   [Please select]

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The three months for which the men were enlisted soon expired, and Lincoln's captaincy also ended.   [Please select]

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As the last handful of sand made it level with the beach, I walked into their midst, and found myself face to face with the three candidates for the now vacant captaincy.   [Please select]

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Indeed, I believe he resigned his captaincy then and there, and, declining to lift a finger against an English ship, defied them to do their worst.   [Please select]

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